About Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of early civil rights activist Martin Luther King Sr.
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The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.