Martin Luther King Jr.

Definition: Martin Luther King Jr.

1. United States Baptist minister and charismatic civil rights leader who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968).

Commercial Usage: Martin Luther King Jr.

Domain	Title
Books	Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the Civil Rights Movement (reference) A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [UNABRIDGED] (reference) Martin Luther King Jr. on Leadership: Inspiration & Wisdom for Challenging Times (reference) There Is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King Jr. (reference) In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Living The Dream: A Tribute To Martin Luther King Jr. (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Martin Luther King Jr.

Author	Quotation
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.	Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
	We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
	All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
	There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
	The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
	Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
	One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
	The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.
	Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.