Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, the Jr. (1929-1968), the American religious leader & activist

Legal name, Full name

"Martin Luther King Jr."

Born

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1929; January 1929; January 15th 1929; the United States; North America;  …

New Jersey; Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; the world; the Americas; Northeastern United States; Confederate States Army; the Northern Hemisphere; Southeastern United States; the Tri-State Region; Monmouth County, NJ; Fulton County, GA; DeKalb County, GA; the EST/EDT region; North America; Georgia, New Jersey; the area using the NANP; the US dollar zone; the continental United States; the contiguous United States; the G8

Died

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1968; April 1968; April 4th 1968; the United States; North America;  …

The Confederate States of America; Tennessee; the world; the Americas; Memphis, Tennessee; the Northern Hemisphere; Southeastern United States; National Civil Rights Museum; Shelby County, TN; the Central Standard Time region; the area using the NANP; the US dollar zone; the continental United States; the contiguous United States; the G8; North America; murder; assassination; shooting

Starred in

Imaginary Witness, King Kennedy

Wrote

Letter from Birmingham Jail, A Dream

Occupation

writer, Peace activist

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

Won

Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977), Congressional Gold Medal (2004)

Gender

male

Nationality

african, american

Residence

Atlanta, Georgia

Educated

Boston University, Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary

Last Name

"King", "King Jr."

First Name

"Martin", Martin

Organisations

african-american

Children

Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, Bernice King, Yolanda King, Yolanda King

Parents

Martin Luther King; Martin Luther King, Sr.

Age at Death

39 years, 2 months and 20 days old

Class

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musician; person; Christian; Saint; The Leader;  …

pacifist; writer; religious leader; Capricorn person; human being, organisation or other legal person; theologian; musical act; author; award winner; male person; activist; black man

Named-for Thing of

Martin Luther King

Name-source of

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Martin Luther King Day; Martin Luther King III; Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site; Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial; Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital;  …

Martin Luther King High School; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library; Martin Luther King High School; Martin Luther King Bridge; Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library; Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School; Martin Luther King High School; Martin Luther King Junior Laboratory School; Martin Luther King, Jr. High School; Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy; Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge; Martin Luther King, Jr. High School

Wife

Coretta Scott King

Did

die (1968)

Influence of

Albert Lutuli, Bell hooks

Went to

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the United States; India; the United Kingdom; Germany; Europe;  …

Memphis, Tennessee

Convicted for

a crime

Influenced

Cornel West, Albert Lutuli, Bell hooks, Felix Dodds

Born During

1920s

Died During

January 1st 1960, 00:00 - December 31st 1969, 23:59

Attributes

african-american, male, dead

Middle-name

"Luther"

Killer

James Earl Ray (April 4th 1968)

Related Websites

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http://www.therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4731; http://www.martinlutherking-jr.com; http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/26879,news-comment,news-politics,the-life-of-martin-luther-king-the-civil-rights-leaders-life-in-pictures; http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/multimedia_contents; http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/18/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_1929;  …

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/34872/mlk-before-he-won-the-nobel; http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia_contents; http://www.kinginstitute.info; http://www.thekingcenter.org/Default.aspx; http://www.discogs.com/artist/Martin+Luther+King; http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/king; http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1426; http://www.auctr.edu/mlkcollection; http://saidatsouthern.com/martin-luther-king-mp3; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8&feature=related; http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAYITODNvlM; http://www.mlkonline.net/video-i-have-a-dream-speech.html; http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/ra/970828.ram; http://www.archive.org/movies/movies-details-db.php?collection=open_mind&collectionid=openmind_ep727; http://www.mlkonline.net/music.html; http://www.mlkonline.net/sounds.html; http://www.mlkonline.net/video.html; http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/133SEMO/133selma.htm; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/sfeature/sf_video_pop_02_tr_qry.html; http://register.shelby.tn.us/mlk; http://www.famousplagiarists.com/theologyandreligion.htm#mlk; http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featwise_mlk.shtml; http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featdyson_mlk.shtml; http://www.oilempire.us/cointelpro.html; http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1009&sug=y; http://www.ep.tc/mlk; http://www.martin-luther-king-zentrum.de; http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2269; http://www.sp-usa.org/literature/mlking-flyer.pdf; http://www.writespirit.net/inspirational_talks/political/martin_luther_king_talks; http://usliberals.about.com/od/patriotactcivilrights/a/MLKWords.htm; http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/index.html; http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk; http://www.groupm35.com/fernandez/cdte; http://manhattan.about.com/od/famousnewyorkers/a/mlknewyork.htm; http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/mlk/part1.htm; http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/king.htm; http://www.cceia.org/resources/articles_papers_reports/4960.html; http://www.mlkonline.net; http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org; http://www.thekingcenter.org; http://www.stanford.edu/group/King; http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2006/martin_luther_king; http://www.africanaonline.com/civil_rights.htm; http://www.politicalassassinations.com; http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/martin-luther-king-index.html

Daughters

Bernice King

Qualification

Bachelor of Arts

Influences

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Abraham Lincoln, Jesus, Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi,  …

Bayard Rustin, Theodore Parker

Sons

Dexter Scott King

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Aliases

"martin luther king"

Rare Terms

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"michael king"; "martin luther"; "michael luther king, jr."; "dmlkj"; "doctor king";  …

"martin luther king changes the world"; "the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr."; "mlk"; "dr. martin luther king, jr."

Birthday

the 15th of January

Last Words

""Be sure to play """"Blessed Lord" tonight - play it real pretty""

Quotes

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"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."; "Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."; "We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."; "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."; "We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.";  …

"We must use time creatively."; "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."; "We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace."; "We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."; "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."; "We have guided missiles and misguided men."; "We are not makers of history. We are made by history."; "Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."; "War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow."; "To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing."; "There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth."; "There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."; "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."; "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."; "The time is always right to do what is right."; "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."; "The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."; "The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt."; "The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice."; "The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."; "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."; "The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."; "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."; "The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?""; "The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one."; "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."; "Seeing is not always believing."; "Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control."; "Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think."; "Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man."; "Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."; "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."; "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."; "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."; "One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."; "One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam."; "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."; "Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him."; "Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals."; "Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."; "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."; "Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek."; "Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."; "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."; "Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress."; "It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it."; "It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society."; "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."; "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."; "If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control."; "If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive."; "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."; "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."; "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood."; "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."; "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."; "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."; "Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."; "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."; "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."; "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."; "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."; "Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see."; "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."; "Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them."; "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."; "At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."; "An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."; "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."; "Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better."; "All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."; "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."; "A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard."; "A right delayed is a right denied."; "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."; "A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."; "A lie cannot live."; "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

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