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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 114. Chapters: Martin Luther King, Jr., William Blake, John Wycliffe, Francis of Assisi, John Wesley, George Fox, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Merton, Hosea Ballou, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Mary-Louise Hooper, David Lipscomb, Stanley Hauerwas, Jim Wallis, Thomas Muntzer, Menno Simons, Brian McLaren, John Stott, John Howard Yoder, Leonce Crenier, Fra Dolcino, Gustavo Gutierrez, Conrad Grebel, Nikolai Berdyaev, John Ball, Greg Boyd, Charles Freer Andrews, Adin Ballou, Jon Sobrino, Leonardo Boff, Alexander Mack, Felix Manz, Melchior Hoffman, Sebastian Franck, Shane Claiborne, Hans Denck, Brian D'Arcy, Walter Wink, Jacob Hutter, Juan Luis Segundo, Jakob Ammann, Michael Sattler, John M. Perkins, Christopher Rowland, Abiezer Coppe, David Augsburger, David Alan Black. Excerpt: Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. King is often presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil dis...
