01/20/2020
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 โ April 4, 1968).
Martin Luther King, Jr., is known for his contributions to the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. His most famous work is his โI Have a Dreamโ (1963) speech, in which he spoke of his dream of a United States that is void of segregation and racism. King also advocated for nonviolent methods of protest.
A Vision That Changed the World
It's because of Martin Luther King and the efforts of his supporters that America came to understand the power of nonviolent protest. ... The Voting Rights Act protects African Americans' right to vote. He also played a major part in the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
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