Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Minister, Civil Rights Activist
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as it's first president.
