He asked to be remembered as a "drum major for justice," and he is.Ĭreated as a living memorial to the philosophies and ideas of Dr. Throughout his brief life, his words communicated his vision, his passion, and his faith, and they demonstrated his gift to inspire others to follow his lead. His eloquent, passionate advocacy of civil and human rights, rooted in the techniques of peaceful demonstration pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi, brought a new dimension of dignity to people's lives and a new hope for freedom and the community of man. Instead, by the time he was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39, he had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and had led millions of people in a nonviolent movement that shattered forever the Southern system of segregation of the races. Martin Luther King, Jr., had hoped to be a Baptist preacher in a Southern city. Arab American Book Award Toggle Dropdown.
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