King's writings reflect his deep understanding for the need of agape, a love that is aimed towards ensuring the well-being of others. King believed in a better world, but in order to attain his vision we must first face our fears and then master these fears through courage, love, and faith. He preached of courage that all Christians should show in their nonviolent stand against segregation, he believed that all people could possess this strength and courage for we are all made in the image of God. This courage is the strength to hope for better days, the strength to have faith in the Lord, and most of all the strength to love all of God's children no matter their skin color.[1]
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Writings | - Stride Toward Freedom (1958)
- "What Is Man?" (1959)
- "Second Emancipation Proclamation"
- Strength to Love (1963)
- "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963)
- Why We Can't Wait (1964)
- Conscience for Change (1967)
- Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)
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Media |
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Film | - King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970 documentary)
- Our Friend, Martin (1999 animated)
- Boycott (2001 film)
- The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (2008 documentary)
- Selma (2014 film)
- All the Way (2016 film)
- King in the Wilderness (2018 documentary)
- MLK/FBI (2020 documentary)
- Rustin (2023 film)
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Plays | - The Meeting (1987)
- The Mountaintop (2009)
- I Dream (2010)
- All the Way (2012)
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- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- National Historical Park
- King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
- National Civil Rights Museum
- Big Six
- African American founding fathers of the United States
- Authorship issues
- FBI–King suicide letter
- Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
- Season for Nonviolence
- U.S. Capitol Rotunda sculpture
- Oval Office bust
- Homage to King sculpture, Atlanta
- Hope Moving Forward statue, Atlanta
- Safe House Black History Museum
- Statues of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Denver
- Houston
- Jersey City
- Milwaukee
- Mexico City
- Newark
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, San Francisco
- Landmark for Peace Memorial, Indianapolis
- The Dream sculpture, Portland, Oregon
- Kennedy–King College
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose
- Paris park
- Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr.
- King County, Washington
- Eponymous streets
- America in the King Years
- Civil rights movement in popular culture
- Lee–Jackson–King Day
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