Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1964.

Life

January 15, 1929 (Atlanta, GA)

April 4, 1968 (Memphis, TN)

Known for:

• Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1964

• March on Washington 1964

• "I Have a Dream" Speech

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church

• Head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Attended Morehouse College

Quotes

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”