Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The spiritual mentor ofMartin Luther King, Jr.Born here in 1894. Servedas president of MorehouseCollege 1940-67 and aspresidential advisor.Died in 1984.
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King lived three years in this community and ministered under the mentorship of J. Pius Barbour. He graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary, 1951. A leader of the 1963 March on Washington, King won a Nobel Peace Prize, 1964.
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Minister & civil rights leader. Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 1964. At Crozer Theological Seminary here, earned his Bachelor of Divinity, 1951. King's three years at Crozer were a key period in shaping his philosophy of nonviolent social change.
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[front text] One of the first schools for blacks in the South, Penn School, was reorganized as Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School in 1901. As a result of this change, incorporating principals of education found at both Tuskegee and Hampton Inst…
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The assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, changed this neighborhood forever.
When word of Dr. King's murder spread that evening, Washingtonians gathered along busy 14th and U streets, NW; H Street, NE; and here…
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This park honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by Dr. King's last speech entitled "I've Been to the Mountaintop." He delivered the speech in Memphis, Tennessee the night before he was assassinated. He was there in support of striking sanitation wor…
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The second black Baptist Church in Montgomery. First pastor was Rev. C. O. Boothe. Present structure built 1885. Designed by Pelham J. Anderson; built by William Watkins, a member of the congregation.Many prominent black citizens of Montgomery have been mem…
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"I have a dream."? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Martin Luther King, Jr. August 1963The block-long plaza at 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue just ahead to your left honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King with the name Freedom Plaza. King completed his histor…
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On March 29, 1962 Dr. Kingappeared in HopewellDistrict Court as adefender of civil rightsin America.
"Injustice anywhere is athreat to justiceeverywhere."
Dedicated April 4, 2004
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Some of the most widely-publicized events of the civil rights movement took place at St. Augustine Beach in the summer of 1964, when wade-ins were conducted at what had historically been a beach reserved for "Whites Only". Many courageous local residents to…