Dr. Martin Luther King in Washington, D.C.

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”

Dr. Martin Luther King and Thich Nhat Hanh

Those words were spoken by Dr. King in 1964 when, at 35 years old, he became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Celebrate and honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest leaders of our time. We will have a table in front of the center where you can write out a message.

Martin Luther King, Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly-impossible goals. He went on to lead similar campaigns against poverty and international conflict, always maintaining fidelity to his principles that men and women everywhere, regardless of color or creed, are equal members of the human family.

Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Nobel Peace Prize lecture and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” are among the most revered orations and writings in the English language. His accomplishments are now taught to American children of all races, and his teachings are studied by scholars and students worldwide. He is the only non-president to have a national holiday dedicated in his honor and is the only non-president memorialized on the Great Mall in the nation’s capital. He is memorialized in hundreds of statues, parks, streets, squares, churches and other public facilities around the world as a leader whose teachings are increasingly-relevant to the progress of humankind.

From The King Center website.

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Dr. Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The youngest person to receive the honor.