Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Manhattan Declaration...and the lost. As a resident of Birmingham, Alabama, I have frequently visited the jail cell from which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." King was an ordained Baptist minister and wrote... In this article: Jesus Christ, Manhattan Declaration, God, Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister, Christianity Today, and AIDS |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
What Islamists and Islamaphobes don't want you to know
...and Jews, there are enormous differences in thought and outlook among Muslims, similar to what existed between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1960's leader of Mississippi's Ku Klux Klan, both of whom were devout, church going, Bible...
In this article: Islam, Qur'an, Christianity, Inside Islam, Democracy, Judaism, Ku Klux Klan, and Center for Strategic & International Studies
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AP Online | 1 day ago
UC regents vote to reopen troubled LA hospital
The Regents of the University of California unanimously approved the plan to provide doctors and residents for Martin Luther King Jr. hospital. Los Angeles County will foot the $353 million bill to expand and fully reopen the facility in...
In this article: Los Angeles County, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, University of California Los Angeles, University of California, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Winning author tells story of civil rights pioneer
...than a footnote to history while Parks, the nine black students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School, Martin Luther King Jr. and others went on to become celebrated symbols of bravery and dignity in their campaign for civil...
In this article: Claudette Colvin, National Book Award, Don Larsen, Rosa Parks, Portland, New York, Maine, Plaintiff, and Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Obama in Shanghai
...nation, conceived in liberty, and "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" could long endure. That is why Dr. Martin Luther King could stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and ask that our nation live out the true...
In this article: Barack Obama, Shanghai, Sarah Palin, United States, China, Democracy, Martin Luther King, and Lincoln Memorial
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Huffington Post | 5 days ago
Jay Michaelson: Reflections of a Jewish Gay Rights Advocate on Visiting the Martin Luther King, Jr, Museum: An Open Letter to Ruben Diaz, Sr., and other Latino and African-American Opponents of Gay Rights
...Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, Homosexuality And Religion, Jay Michaelson, Judaism, Leviticus, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Gay Marriage, New York State Senate, Racism, Reverend Ruben Diaz, Same-Sex...
In this article: God, Judaism, Leviticus, New York, Christianity, and Miscegenation
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Las Vegas Review Journal | November 11, 2009
Frustrations flow along Martin Luther King
ROAD WARRIOR: Frustrations flow along Martin Luther King The Interstate 15 southbound exit to Lake Mead Boulevard will be closed starting Thursday through Dec. 24. The Lake Mead Boulevard on-ramp to I-15 north also will be closed through...
In this article: Martin Luther King, Las Vegas, Clark County, and E mail
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Midland Daily News | November 10, 2009
Martin Luther King scholarship deadline Friday
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:38 AM EST Applications for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Scholarship are now available. All high school seniors in Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties are eligible. The non-renewable...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
- Birth Date:
- January 15, 1929
- Birthplace:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Death Date:
- April 04, 1968
- Place of Death:
- Memphis, Tennessee
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