Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire.
1 "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."
2 "The dark can not drive away the darkness, only light can do that. Hatred can not dispel hatred, only love can do that."
3 "After all, the old principle of "an eye for an eye" blinds everyone. "
4 "A person who does not want to die for anything does not deserve to live."
5 "Love is the most consistent power in the world."
6 "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."
7 "We have learned how to fly birds, how to swim the fish, but we have forgotten the simplest art of living like brothers.
8 "We must always build dikes of courage against the flood of fear."
9 "No one can ride your hump unless you make it crooked."
10 "Who accepts the evil without contradiction, in reality works with him."
a monument to people who have lost their lives to fight oppression and injustice. these people must be remembered !