Martin Luther King Jr. #1613
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Memorial Washington D.C.
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“ I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of
peace and brotherhood can never become a reality...
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I believe that unarmed truth and
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unconditional love will have the final word.”
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. US black civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968) Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races). On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established as a United States holiday. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. He was known as a great public speaker. Dr. King often called for personal responsibility in fostering world peace.[2] King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
