May 17, 1962 to November 29, 1965| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
January 12, 1890 to September 10, 1976| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
In an 18 July 1952 letter, Martin Luther King wrote to his future wife, Coretta Scott, about his beliefs as a minister and proclaimed: “Let us continue to hope, work, and pray that in the future we will live to see a warless world, a better distribution of wealth, and a brotherhood that transcends race or color. This is the gospel that I will preach to the world” (Papers 6:126). As a self-described “advocator of the social gospel,” King’s theology was concerned “with the whole ma...| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
January 2, 1863 to March 21, 1931| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
December 19, 1897 to November 11, 1984| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
July 30, 1930 to July 21, 1969| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
As a theologian, Martin Luther King reflected often on his understanding of nonviolence. He described his own “pilgrimage to nonviolence” in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom, and in subsequent books and articles. “True pacifism,” or “nonviolent resistance,” King wrote, is “a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love” (King, Stride, 80). Both “morally and practically” committed to nonviolence, King believed that “the Christian doctrine of love operating...| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
April 4, 1968| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute