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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]
Acceptance speech at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony — December 10, 1964. ... In March 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. marched with 25,000 people from Selma to Montgomery, ...
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister [2] Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population." [1] [2] He is the twelfth American recipient of the prestigious Peace Prize. [3]
— Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize 1964 acceptance speech "We are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty ...
These Martin Luther King Jr. quotes about life include the best quotes from his I Have a Dream speech and other sayings about equality, unity, change, and love.
Alberta Christine Williams King (née Williams; September 13, 1904 – June 30, 1974) was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin Luther King III. She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Here are excerpts from some of Martin Luther King most memorable speeches.