The Life and Thought of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Life and Thought of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
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• The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with
  a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in
  Montgomery, Ala., March 22, 1956.

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• King was found guilty of conspiracy to boycott
  city buses to desegregate the bus system, but a
  judge suspended his 500 fine pending appeal.

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Rosa Parks sits in the front of a city bus in
Montgomery, Ala. on Dec. 21, 1956
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A year earlier, she had been arrested and jailed
for refusing to give up her seat in a crowded
bus.
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Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the media on May
20, 1956, about his arrest for leading the
Montgomery bus boycott.
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Federal paratroopers escort African American
pupils to Central High School in Little Rock,
Ark. without trouble.
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A thousand paratroopers had been called by
President Eisenhower to restore order and escort
nine black students safely to class.
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King collapses after praying in Montgomery over
bus-integration violence. Jan. 15, 1957.
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King is arrested in Sept 1958 on a charge of
loitering (changed to failure to obey an officer)
He was released on 100 bond.
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New York Gov. Averell Harriman talks with Martin
Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Harlem
Hospital where King was recovering from a stab
wound.
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He was attacked by an African American woman
while promoting his book - "Stride Toward
Freedom" (Harper), in a Harlem bookstore. Sept.
23, 1958.
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President Eisenhower meets with civil rights
leaders on June 23, 1958. From left to right the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., E. Frederic Morrow,
A. Philip Randolph, William Rogers and Roy
Wilkins.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and
taken to jail through a picket line in front of
an Atlanta department store where people staged a
sit-in demonstration. Oct. 20, 1960.
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All jailed demonstrators were released except Dr.
King, who was held on a charge of violating a
probated sentence and transferred to the Dekalb
County Jail.
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Officers escort the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
from jail to county courthouse in Atlanta for a
hearing. Oct. 25, 1960.
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Freedom Riders have breakfast at a lunch counter
in the bus station in Montgomery shortly before
leaving for Jackson, Miss. and New Orleans.
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Freedom riders prepare to resume their trip
through the South. May 24, 1961. The Freedom
Riders were arrested in Jackson, Miss., and spent
40 to 60 days in jail.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks during his
visit to Seattle in Nov.1961. King came as part
of a lecture series at Mount Zion Baptist Church.
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James Meredith, first African American student
accepted by the University of Mississippi is
escorted to class by U.S. marshals and troops.
Oct. 2, 1962.
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700 people attend a "freedom march" protesting
racial discrimination in Seattle. The marchers,
many white, walked in silence but carried signs.
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Four girls sit on the floor in the Seattle City
Council chamber during a civil-rights hearing
about the composition of the city Human Rights
Commission.
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King acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln
Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28,
1963.
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An aerial view shows the crowd at the Lincoln
Memorial for the march on Washington.
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Civil rights demonstrators in Seattle form a
circle at the Garfield High School playground.
Oct. 21, 1963.
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Martin Luther King Jr. looks at the glass door of
his rented beach cottage in St. Augustine, Fla.,
shot into on June 5, 1964.
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A Marion, Ala., church audience applauds the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. Feb. 2, 1965.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a
Montgomery voter rally held in a church. Feb. 9,
1965.
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Thousands march to the Montgomery Courthouse to
protest rough treatment of voting rights
demonstrators. Mar. 65.
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The King family from left, Martin Luther King
III, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott
King, Dexter, 4, and Yolanda, 9.
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Marchers fill a street in Selma, Ala., to protest
voting issues. June, 6, 1965.
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On Aug. 11, 1965, six days of rioting began in
the Watts section of Los Angeles. A National
Guardsman escorts an elderly resident in the riot
area.
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King attended many meetings in an attempt to
solve the problems of the uprising.
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A rare moment of leisure for King playing pool
in February 1966.
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James Meredith, right, pulls himself to cover
near a parked car after a sniper shot him leading
a march to encourage African Americans to vote.
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Mississippi patrolmen shove Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. during the 220-mile "March Against Fear"
from Memphis, Tenn. to Jackson, Miss. June 8,
1966.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holds his head after
being struck by a rock by angry whites in Gage
Park, Chicago Aug. 6, 1966.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures and shouts to
his congregation in Ebenezer Baptist Church in
Atlanta on April 30, 1967
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tells reporters he is
"disenchanted" with President Johnson's Vietnam
policies
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A police officer clubs a youth reportedly
involved in looting that followed the breakup of
a march led by King on March 28, 1968, in
Memphis, Tenn.
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Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King
Jr., Ralph David Abernathy at the Lorraine Motel
a day before King's assassination. April 3,1968.
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King's assassination was international news.
London newspaper headlines about his death. April
7, 1968.
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Black, white, young and old sang "We Shall
Overcome" as they marched down Denny Way to the
Seattle Center to honor Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.
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King's funeral procession through the streets of
Atlanta drew this huge crowd of mourners. April
9, 1968.
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In Atlanta, mourners kept an all-night vigil
outside the Ebenezer Baptist Church waiting to
view Kings body.
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An Atlanta high-school student places flowers at
the tomb of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ten Outstanding Values of Dr. King

• At the heart of Dr. Kings philosophy was the
  concept of service.
• He believed that a persons worth should not be
  measured by his or her color, culture or class
  but rather by his or her commitment to making a
  better life for all.

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Ten Outstanding Values of Dr. King

• We must work increasingly to uplift this nation
  that we love to a higher destiny, to a higher
  plateau, to a more noble expression of
  humanness.
• Everyone can be great because everybody can
  serve.
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Ten Outstanding Values

• Dr. King sought to forge the common ground on
  which people from all walks of life could join
  together as equals to address important community
  issues.
• This was driven by his commitment to enduring
  principles and a set of values by which lived his
  life.

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Courage

• Dr. King believed that if you had nothing you
  were willing to die for, you had nothing you were
  living for.

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Non-violence

• Even when attacked by police dogs, police clubs,
  and water hoses, Dr. King and his followers
  refused to retaliate with physical violence.

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Soul force

• Soul force The power of a persons love and
  humanity to awaken other peoples consciences.

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Justice

• Dr. King said he wanted to be remembered as a
  drum major for justice. In spite of his
  non-violence and soul force, he considered that
  an injustice anywhere is an injustice
  everywhere and had to be confronted.

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Community

• Dr. King believed that all people are brothers
  and sisters., He believed that oppression of any
  part of the human family hurt the whole human
  family.

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Community

• He envisioned a day when people of all colors,
  nations and religions could sit down at the
  table of brotherhood. He called his ideal the
  beloved community and it included every human
  being.

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Love

• Even the enemy is a neighbor who must be loved
  into doing rightfor the enemys sake as well as
  for the sakes of his or her victims.

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Suffering and sacrifice

• Those who would stand up for justice must be
  willing to endure much for the sake of their
  cause.

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Human dignity

• All people deserve to be treated with equality
  and respect simply because they are human beings.

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Forgiveness

• The victim must forgive the victimizer and make
  room for repentance and brotherhood.

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Faith

• Eventually right will prevail because the
  universe is founded upon justice.