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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20, 2020

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.

King sought equality and human rights for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and all victims of injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, which helped bring about landmark legislation including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered with reverence each year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a U.S. federal holiday since 1986.

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January 20, 2020
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“Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.”
–Henri Nouwen