Martin Luther King Jr.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes (6)

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Civil Rights Movement
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
Attributed
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
"I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear."
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Civil Rights Movement

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