Martin Luther King Jr.
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Coretta Scott King kisses her husband, Martin, after leaving court in Alabama. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/e1/6ce176fee1c2bd6a42513163e529a/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Coretta Scott King kisses her husband, Martin, after leaving court in Alabama. IMAGE (AP Photo: Gene Herrick)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. removes his shoes before entering Gandhi shrine in New Delhi, India, Feb. 11, 1959. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/40/81d049297f42f5a1c8aa975ab79e/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. removes his shoes before entering Gandhi shrine in New Delhi, India, Feb. 11, 1959. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a church rally in Albany, Ga., 1961. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/da/934cae6ea3fb27e57ea9ff671dfd23/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a church rally in Albany, Ga., 1961. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., with his family, 1963. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/8b/8ca3e1d8e6c4ff72bb5612d8a6a2c/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., with his family, 1963. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., walks with a boy in St. Augustine, Fla., June 10, 1964. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/42/17b722ba21fab6d07041c8d723167f/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., walks with a boy in St. Augustine, Fla., June 10, 1964. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King appears on the NBC-TV telecast "Protestant Heritage" from New York in 1963. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/8a/a61767ebfdae78cbda4da7ae5d/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King appears on the NBC-TV telecast \"Protestant Heritage\" from New York in 1963. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a crowd in Detroit, 1963. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/81/fe24d0672bedbb6d4db30397462/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a crowd in Detroit, 1963. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/7f/2b66f5c7defbbfd3bcef65b54ae9e/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his \"I Have a Dream\" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Martin Luther King Jr. lead demonstrators as march on city hall in Birmingham, Ala. 1963. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/10/ffcc2d37be1faf774aa6e66a5968af/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Martin Luther King Jr. lead demonstrators as march on city hall in Birmingham, Ala. 1963. IMAGE (AP Photo: Horace Cort)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: President Lyndon Johnson reaches to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. during the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Washington, D.C. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/e5/f72c9d684ba3ed67a06f604d45ef/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: President Lyndon Johnson reaches to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. during the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Washington, D.C. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King, Jr. is hugged by Mrs. Irwin Pembleton after learning that the Senate passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/ce/2ab81889708a72d3b9a96a9da467d2/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King, Jr. is hugged by Mrs. Irwin Pembleton after learning that the Senate passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: MLK: Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 1964. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/f1/afeaee33f53a447876af63b2498d5/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: MLK: Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 1964. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. walks with a crowd in Chicago, July 26, 1965. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/1f/f0262b76d024a2658ae2e4c48e3f87/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. walks with a crowd in Chicago, July 26, 1965. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. in the Roxbury section of Boston April 22, 1965. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/19/a5106a247a3d7a2d2d094be69329/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. in the Roxbury section of Boston April 22, 1965. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in New York, 1965. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/82/1622ac71927b9761ed52054d55afd/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in New York, 1965. IMAGE (AP Photo: Dave Pickoff)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Robin Arrington leans on Martin Luther King Jr. before a press conference in Miami, 1966. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/d6/583c3eb4b7125a37a4bced3c9618a/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Robin Arrington leans on Martin Luther King Jr. before a press conference in Miami, 1966. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. found an enthusiastic crowd in Alabama in July, 1966. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/1d/9ff730fdb70b1fecfdd23df21f52/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. found an enthusiastic crowd in Alabama in July, 1966. IMAGE (AP Photo: Jack Thornell)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. meets with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, Feb. 24, 1966. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/67/3b99f375a9a9b2f7b724e995085f7/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. meets with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, Feb. 24, 1966. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., left, with Sen. Edward Kennedy, Aug. 8, 1966. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/16/5545ae15ead26644f17b4d4a0d8b/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., left, with Sen. Edward Kennedy, Aug. 8, 1966. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
![Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., third from the left, stands on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated. IMAGE]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/87/49c241f53bf8c465591d8e95f58477/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr., third from the left, stands on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated. IMAGE (AP Photo)")
"One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." — 1963
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Martin Luther King Jr., right, accompanied by Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, center, is booked by city police in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 23, 1956.
"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." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta Scott King after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala. March 22, 1956. King was found guilty of conspiracy to boycott city buses in a campaign to desegregate the bus system, but a judge suspended his $500 fine pending appeal.
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. removes his shoes before entering Mahatma Gandhi's shrine in New Delhi, India, Feb. 11, 1959.
"You look at every man, and you love him because you know God loves him." — 1957
Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a church rally in Albany, Ga. in 1961.
"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." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, sit with three of their four children in their Atlanta, Ga. home in 1963.
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. walks with a boy in St. Augustine, Fla., June 10, 1964.
"Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." — 1967
Martin Luther King Jr. appears on the NBC-TV telecast "Protestant Heritage" from New York in 1963.
"History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a civil rights rally in Detroit in 1963.
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict." — 1967
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Martin Luther King Jr. lead demonstrators on a march on city hall in Birmingham, Ala. in 1963.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — 1963
President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. during the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Washington.
"A right delayed is a right denied." — 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is hugged by Mrs. Irwin Pembleton in St. Augustine, Fla., after learning that the Senate passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals." — 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in 1964.
"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. in downtown Chicago, July 26, 1965 to protest segregation in the city's schools.
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." — 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd with a bull horn in the Roxbury section of Boston, April 22, 1965.
"Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery." — 1967
Martin Luther King Jr. and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. share a laugh in New York in 1965.
"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem." — 1963
Robin Arrington, 6, the daughter of a Miami Southern Christian Leadership Conference attorney, leans on Martin Luther King Jr.'s shoulder in Miami in 1966. King arrived in Miami for a meeting to establish a local chapter of his SCLC.
"I do not determine what is right and wrong by looking at the budget of my organization or by taking a Gallup poll of the majority opinion." — 1967
Martin Luther King Jr. shakes hands with a group of people after addressing a political rally in Lisman, Ala., on April 30, 1966.
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." — 1964
Martin Luther King Jr., left, at his first meeting with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, left, Feb. 24, 1966, in Chicago.
"It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and legislation cannot make you love me, but legislation can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important." — 1962
Martin Luther King Jr., left, with Sen. Edward Kennedy at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference banquet in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 8, 1966.
"And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land." — 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place.
