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Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a leader in the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. [1] King himself observed, "In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher." [2]
Strength to Love is a book by Martin Luther King Jr. It was published in 1963 as a collection of his sermons primarily on the topic of racial segregation in the United States and with a heavy emphasis on permanent religious values.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...
Martin Luther King III was joined by President Joe Biden and Reverend Al Sharpton, honoring those they say helped continue the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and petitioning the nation to ...
Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King was a pillar of the civil rights movement. She played a central role in King's work, having given up her dream of being a singer to support her husband and ...
The "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother", is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come ...
On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.