June 14, 1916 to March 7, 2015| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
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February 3, 1959 to March 18, 1959| 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
June 14, 1964 to August 20, 1964| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute