Remember on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Lest we forget—especially today—that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an authentic Nobel Peace Prize laureate, accepting the award on December 10, 1964. He not only met the standard for earning it; for the four years of his life that followed, he led with such moral stature, courage, and consequence that no prize yet exists to measure what he accomplished.

In his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the award on behalf of the entire American civil rights movement, highlighting the struggle against racial injustice and the power of nonviolence, stating he refused to believe humanity was doomed to racism and war, and affirming faith in justice, brotherhood, and the ultimate triumph of "unarmed truth and unconditional love" over violence, even amid current struggles like those in Birmingham. He dedicated the prize to the movement's courageous participants, from leaders to ordinary people, who suffered for righteousness, calling them the "real heroes". #martinlutherkingjr #MLKDay