- 50 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. lead thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to their destination; The capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_selma_to_montgomery_march/ 227 comments history
- Senator Goldwater being president...so threatens the health, morality and survival of our nation that I can not in good conscience fail to take a stand against what he represents - MLK http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/about_king/encyclopedia/goldwater_barry.html 4 comments politics
- MLK/OWS: In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action...we repeatedly asked...: 'Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?' 'Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?' http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/resources/article/annotated_letter_from_birmingham 2 comments politics
- For those of you who gave hits to the Martin Luther King slander site, here is the 4th most popular result on Google. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/ 35 comments reddit.com
- The GREATEST 20th Century American, Martin Luther King Jr, was murdered 42 years ago today. "The Drum Major Instinct" was amongst his greatest speeches and a prescient self eulogy. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_the_drum_major_instinct/ 3 comments reddit.com
- "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/resources/article/beyond_vietnam_audio/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. You're the one American with a holiday all to himself. And we do remember that you said this: "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_beyond_vietnam/ 149 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- This is the telegram MLK sent Malcolm X's wife after her husband's assassination - Vox http://www.vox.com/2015/2/21/8078739/mlk-malcolm-x-telegrams 36 comments
- Is This Viral List of 'Four Things You Didn't Know About Martin Luther King, Jr.' True? | Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/mlking.asp 1 comment