Martin Luther King Jr. #1613

Caption from poster__      Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   National Memorial  Washington  D.C.  “ I refuse to accept the view that mankind  is so tragically bound to the  starless midnight of  racism and war that the bright daybreak of  peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. US black civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968) Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races). On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Marti