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about... January 15: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday I
refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to
the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak
of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech December
10, 1964. Born at noon on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the
family home in Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first
son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King,
Sr. and Alberta Williams King. More from the King Center. More
than a million documents associated with Dr. King's life are
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