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[[photo - black & white photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sitting beside his wife Coretta Scott King, holding the Nobel Peace Prize. Behind them stand L-R: his mother Alberta Williams King, his father Martin Luther King, Sr., his sister Christine King Farris, and his brother Alfred Daniel (A.D.) King]]

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"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daylight of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality."

On receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968
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