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From his most-known messages to his lesser-known quotes, Martin Luther King's legacy is carved in words that resonate through the ages. An icon's lasting influence: MLK's words resonate with ...
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
Organizers include Martin Luther King III, his wife and Drum Major Institute president Arndrea Waters King, daughter Yolanda and National Action Network leader Rev. Al Sharpton. [163] Tens of thousands of people gathered for a five-hour program that featured dozens of speakers.
Martin Luther King Jr. at the podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963. The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded and await rediscovery.
Early into the civil rights movement, the New Orleans native was a pastor and a confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Did the best that I could:’ Andrew Young reflects on fight for civil rights ...
The ability to find peace between Israel and the Palestinians depends on both sides working for the same goal. There is hurt and pain in the hearts and souls of the innocents on all sides of this ...
Led by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, Fred Shuttlesworth and others, the campaign of nonviolent direct action culminated in widely publicized confrontations between young black students and white civic authorities, and eventually led the municipal government to change the city's discrimination laws.
It has long been said that women were the backbone of the civil rights movement. That was true even in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the charismatic leader whose name has become synonymous ...