Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The " I Have A Dream" speech. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is not enough room
here to fully encompass
the enormous
contributions made by this man to
the Civil Rights
Movement in America.
Dr. King was an enigma
who gifts to the World were
often not understood,
nor trusted by some of those
working for the
Government in his place of birth.
Martin was frequently
feared or hated for simply trying
to rectify the Centuries
of wrongs and unjust treatment
to those whose Race he
was born into.
The countless
contributions to the Civil Rights Movement,
basic freedoms fought
for by Martin and his followers,
in a struggle that
would eventually take his life,
may be often taken for
granted today.
Perhaps Martin would be
ok with that.
When the Reverend King
received the Nobel Peace prize
at the age of 35,
he promptly gave the $54,000 prize money
to help further the
Civil Rights Movement.
Dr. King was the
youngest recipient of this prestigious award.
The King Center was
established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King
to honor her husbands
life and
great achievements.
Dr. King was named
Time Man of the year in 1963 and
was listed on the
Time 100 list with those others who were
chosen as the most
important persons of the 20th Century.
An impressive
Collection of much of his written work,
The Martin Luther
King, Jr.'s papers, speeches and Documents
is housed at the
Stanford Research
and Education Institution.
Today, Dr. King's
place of birth in Atlanta
may only be
viewed with a guided
tour given by a park ranger.

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