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Explore Dr. King's most radical, powerful quotes on justice, nonviolence, and truth-telling on the anniversary of his death.

An abridged version of a speech delivered at Durham’s Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church for the annual ...

This week, we commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most ... his famous and what would be his final, “Mountaintop speech” the ...

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday ... the same ...

“I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr, tried to give his life serving others.” King’s own words, from his sermon “The Drum Major Instinct,” echoed through the church at ...

ASHCRAFT-EASON: Then he would begin his sermon ... LERONE MARTIN: He's known as the Happy Am I preacher, so he has this kind of charisma, smiling, very happy. My name is Dr. Lerone Martin, and I am ...