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Baptist minister; President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1957–1968
United States · 1929–1968
Baptist minister and leader of the American civil rights movement, serving as the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1957 until his assassination in 1968. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.
Recorded Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University, 4 February 1968 source
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