MLK Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr

(1/15/1929 - 4/4/1968)

Baptist Minister, Husband, Father
Civil Rights Activist
1964 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Jimmy Carter
1986 Martin Luther King Jr. Day established as a national holiday by President Ronald Reagan
2004 Congressional Gold Medal recipient


Some Quotes from MLK Jr:

“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.”  

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”

“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” 

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”  

“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'
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 down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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 have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today."



I can only pray that the peaceful spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. continues in all of us.
That we can look beyond the color of our skin and focus on the color/content of our character.

Namaste.