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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

1929 – 1968 · aged 39 · Baptist minister and civil rights leader

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

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Martin Luther King Jr. led the American civil rights movement from the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 to the March on Washington in 1963, where he delivered the I Have a Dream speech. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was assassinated in Memphis in April 1968.

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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

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Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the White House Cabinet Room
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"Martin Luther King, Dining, November 5, 1962; HS8772." In the digital collection Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/b
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Boyhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia
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Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute - "Free at Last"
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Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute - U2 Pride (In the Name of Love)
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Martin Luther King Jr. | A Crusader For Liberation | Biography
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The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. | In Memory of Greatest Civil Rights Leader | Dr. Binocs Show
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What they gave us

Thank you for a lifetime of it, Martin. Rest in peace.

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Gone too soon, even at any age. There was so much more to come.

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Beautifully said.

Blanca Campos
8 Dec 2025

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The world is a little quieter today.

Blanca Pena13 Feb 2026

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♥

Nancy Pham
25 Oct 2025

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A light in the dark

Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Martin was one of them.

Jacob Shapiro
15 Oct 2025

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Thank you

Thank you, Martin. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

Rachel Dean
29 Sept 2025

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I never met Martin, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Timothy Ruiz
26 Sept 2025

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My grandmother loved Martin. When she died we played their work at the funeral. Now they're both gone. Strange how connected it all is.

Ananya Malhotra
26 Aug 2025

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My dad introduced me to Martin's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

Archie Rice
17 Jul 2025

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A life fully lived. Thank you, Martin.

Amanda Holland
14 Jul 2025

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Rest in peace

Rest well, Martin. The work is done, and it was good.

Blanca Cabrera
31 Mar 2025

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Sending love to everyone grieving today. Martin belonged to all of us, and we all lost something.

Ochieng Ochieng2 Apr 2025

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This made me cry. Thank you.

Deepak Naidu17 Apr 2025

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Yes. This.

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You made the world better.
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Your work lives on.
Diane Cox🇺🇸22 Jun 2026
Thank you for everything.
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You were one of a kind.
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  1. 15 January 1929
    Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  2. 4 April 1968
    Died in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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