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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”.

“We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”.

“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.”.

Hate cannot drive out hate Only love can do that.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness Only light can do that.

“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”.

quotes that keep us motivated and remind us to continue leading in our journey. The following are our favorite 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Today, he is still an inspiration not only for the work he did but the words he spoke.

Although MLK’s life ended that day, the work he did and the people he inspired continued on his great work and continued to change the nation. King was shot and killed while in Memphis, Tennessee. His willingness to stand up for what he knew was right is what made him one of the greatest leaders in American history, and what earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The following year, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act prohibiting all racial discrimination in the United States, a monumental moment for equality in the United States.

King gave hundreds of moving speeches across the country, his most famous being the I Have a Dream speech on Augin Washington DC which gathered over 250,000 demonstrators marching to the Lincoln Memorial. King became a pastor in Alabama, where he spoke about the importance of equal rights, lead many peaceful protests, and eventually changed multiple laws supporting the equality of African Americans. Was a Leader for Civil RightsĪfter earning his doctorate degree in theology, Dr. MLK dreamed that all people that lived in the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. Having experienced racism from an early age, those events fueled his beliefs and brought him to become one of the greatest advocates in American history. was a groundbreaking advocate for civil rights in the United States.