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Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in U.S. history, King also authored several books, including Stride Toward Freedom:... show more



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in U.S. history, King also authored several books, including Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, and Why We Can’t Wait. His speeches, sermons, and writings are inspirational and timeless. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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Birth date: January 15, 1929
Died: April 04, 1968
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a reading life
a reading life rated it 6 years ago
This is a collection of insightful and inspirational quotations from Martin Luther King, Jr’s (MLK) writings, sermons and speeches. Like any such collection, this is not an end-in-itself work but more of an opener for a deeper and more contextual dive into MLK’s life and work. It’s a short collect...
Laine The Librarian
Laine The Librarian rated it 8 years ago
“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.” “Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.” “In the end, we will re...
spoko
spoko rated it 11 years ago
If you're not familiar with King's actual writings and (especially) speeches, you will not regret anything you do to rectify that. 50 years later, we tend to hold a pretty abstract notion of the man, as a kind of saint or—as Cornell West is fond of saying—a Santa-Claus figure. We are aware that he g...
Ama's Picture Books
Ama's Picture Books rated it 11 years ago
by Martin Luther King, Jr. The illustrations are fantastic and wonderfully complementary to the text. I especially enjoyed the artists' commentary on each painting in the back of the book.
M's blog.
M's blog. rated it 11 years ago
Very inspirational.
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