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encyclopedia › stride-toward-freedom-montgomery-story
According to Martin Luther King, Stride Toward Freedom, his memoir of the Montgomery bus boycott, is “the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who in the process, acquired a new estimate of...
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entries › ethics-search
Search engines shape our understanding of the world by controlling what information we see and how we access it. As gatekeepers of knowledge, search engines make decisions—often without transparency—about what information is shown, prioritized, or excluded, which can perpetuate biases, reinforce...
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encyclopedia › agape
For Martin Luther King, the concept of agape stood at the center of both his spiritual belief in a knowable God and his assertion that love and nonviolence were essential to remedying America’s race problems. He defined agape as “purely...
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encyclopedia › measure-man
In August 1958 Martin Luther King, Jr., preached two sermons, “What Is Man?” and “The Dimensions of a Complete Life,” at the first National Conference on Christian Education of the United Church of Christ at Purdue University. Franklin I. Sheeder, executive secretary of the Board of Christian...
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encyclopedia › st-augustine-florida
In the spring of 1964, as St. Augustine, Florida, prepared to celebrate its 400th anniversary, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) launched a massive campaign supporting the small local movement to end racial discrimination in the nation’s oldest city....
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encyclopedia › wofford-harris-llewellyn
Harris Wofford was the Kennedy administration’s civil rights expert and an ally of Martin Luther King. Wofford believed in employing a mix of direct action and legal techniques to combat segregation. He applauded King’s leadership in...
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encyclopedia › vandiver-samuel-ernest-jr
Upon learning of Martin Luther King’s proposed move to Atlanta in December 1959, Georgia’s Governor, Ernest Vandiver, declared that King was disruptive to the state’s “good relations between the races” and vowed that the civil rights leader would be kept under surveillance. Vandiver claimed that...
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encyclopedia › gandhi-society-human-rights
The Gandhi Society for Human Rights (also known as the Gandhi Society) was the brainchild of Harry Wachtel, a prominent New York attorney who was introduced to Martin Luther King, Jr., by Clarence B. Jones, King’s trusted legal advisor. Upon King’s solicitation, Wachtel joined Jones in defending...
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encyclopedia › king-audits-courses-university-pennsylvania
King, Jr., audits courses on the Problems of Esthetics and Kant at the University of Pennsylvania.
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encyclopedia › king-arrested-speeding-mia-holds-seven-mass-meetings
King arrested for speeding; MIA holds seven mass meetings January 26, 1956 King leaves Dexter in his car with a friend and the church secretary. After picking up three others at an MIA station, King is stopped for traveling 30 mph in a 25 mph zone. He is arrested, fingerprinted, photographed, and...
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