In memoriam of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On this date in 1929 (January 15), the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born.

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To honor his legacy today, I'd like to share a couple of his important works. Here's a brief excerpt from "Letter From a Birmingham Jail:"

I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all'...We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal.' It was 'illegal' to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany.

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The entire "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" is brilliant, insightful, and well worth a read! The full text can be found at http://amp.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article194707929.html

 

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The "I Have a Dream" speech, an instant classic, was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington in 1963. Fortunately for posterity, his speech was recorded in its entirety. Here it is, via YouTube:

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Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Though the man himself was mortal, his actions, his words, and his legacy of nonviolent resistance to injustice shine as brightly today as they did in the 1960s!

I would like to leave you with two other inspiring quotes from the Rev. Dr. King: 

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Always remember Dr. King's principles and his commitment to fairness and justice. May we all work with tireless integrity to uphold these principles, in all times and places, and for all people.