Martin Luther King Jr.
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American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929 to 1968); led the Montgomery bus boycott and the Birmingham campaign, gave the "I Have a Dream" speech…
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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17 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
- Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon (opens korrents.com)
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Black Americans had never really been patient in the pure sense of the word (opens korrents.com)
“The Negro had never really been patient in the pure sense of the word.”
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Nonviolence mattered psychologically to Black Americans because they had to win and vindicate their dignity to earn self-esteem (opens korrents.com)
“Nonviolence had tremendous psychological importance to the Negro. He had to win and to vindicate his dignity in order to merit and enjoy his self-esteem.”