Bio: Born January 15, 1929
Died April 4, 1968 (Assassinated)
Was a civil rights activist during the 1960's. Using his background work as a reverend, he traveled around the United States preaching about equality and injustices throughout the country. Was supported by other activists such as Jesse Jackson and Malcolm X. Supported civil disobedience as a method of speaking out against the inequality that plagued African-Americans. Was a member of the executive committee of the NAACP. At age 35, was the youngest man in history to receive the Nobel peace prize.
Quotes:
1. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
2. 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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
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