Martin Luther King Jr. | A Crusader For Liberation | Biography

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King, although he was an initial skeptic to religion he eventually became a Baptist minister, a civil-rights activist and had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States. Among his many efforts, King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through his activism and inspirational speeches, he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the United States, as well as the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among several other honors. He was assassinated in April 1968 and continues to be remembered as one of the most influential and inspirational African-American leaders in history. #Biography

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[lankytor]

Monday is a day we’re going to observe and celebrate. Thank you MLK❤

[diannetimucarter]

Strength and character..the love for humanity and equality ..I would of love to have met this great man💕

[valmid]

"In honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.’s memory we also acknowledge non-violence as a truly powerful weapon to achieve equality and liberation-—in fact, the only weapon that Christians who struggle for social change can claim as their own...Examine history. Who gets killed in the case of violent revolution? The poor, the workers. The people of the land are the ones who give their bodies and don’t really gain that much for it. We believe it is too big a price to pay for not getting anything. Those who espouse violence exploit people. To call men to arms with many promises, to ask them to give up their lives for a cause and then not produce for them afterwards, is the most vicious type of oppression" *---Cesar Chavez, He Showed Us The Way*

[carn]

I wish he'd lived. He would have made an amazing president.

[ministerioskairosusa]

Martin Luther King is such an inspiration because If it wasn't for him I and my Family would be Bad treated. But know he is in heavens with peace.

[aestrada]

Thank you Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for your love and legacy of peace and liberation. I am so grateful for the freedom you helped us attain during such a difficult time in history. Thank you for helping to put an end to such heinous and horrific oppression. There is still more to do, but your example continues to inspire those of us who are committed to elevating humanity as a whole. I love and appreciate you so much 🙏❤️✨

[originalnewyorker]

He did more for this country than anyone period

[latoshawhite]

A true inspiration of this nation and I truly mean mr. martin Luther King Jr. 🙏

[lankytor]

Thank you MLK. We need you more than ever now. Thank you for all you have done.

[k-xo]

THAT AD U PUT THERE I WANTED TO BREAK MY LAPTOP

[BestxInTheWorld]

There is not a more significant American in our history than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[doctorzee]

G-d Bless his Soul ❤ He was absolutely amazing person true patriot and beautiful soul. Martin Luthier King would have made a great US President ❤

[worldpeacepp]

now I know martin Luther king jr's life was so closely attached with Christian faith

[donayjahdaniel]

Happy birthday it’s only right to watch his history 2025

[robertshepherd]

I might not agree with CRT, depending on the devil in the details. But I feel like Dr. King's sermons and philosophy ought to be taught as part and parcel of Patriotic education, and Character education, in America's schools. Moral education is important now more than ever. America has not had a better MORAL voice than Martin Luther King, Jr. By the way, he was a close friend of Billy Graham, perhaps closer than JFK.

[michaelmoon]

Small correction: Dr. King did not change his name on his own. It was his father, King Sr. that did after a visit to Germany.

[salvat]

And twitter wants to bring back segregation lol. If Martin could see what's going on today he'd be very dissapointed.

[RenegadeGunn]

Why is this showing two videos of his life from 2 narrators

[GilSlakman]

The Budah forgot he was a Christian, for 15 minutes. Something is recognisable about this guy. Not kidding

[Confuzledish]

This is a really good video. But you totally misspelled his name in the thumbnail.