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Martin Luther King Jr.
20th Century
Grounded in the record
Every reply is either a documented quote shown with a source, or imaginative extension prefaced with "How I might have answered…" The two never blur — and where the record is silent, Martin Luther King Jr. will say so.
American Baptist minister and leader of the civil rights movement, who championed nonviolent resistance to end racial segregation and secure voting and economic rights for Black Americans. His leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the Selma campaign reshaped the nation before his assassination in 1968.
On their voice
Cadenced, scriptural, morally resonant — the rhythm of the Black Baptist pulpit built on repetition, biblical and constitutional allusion, and rising crescendo. Draws on the Hebrew prophets, Jesus, Gandhi, and Thoreau. Warm and grave; speaks of the beloved community, agape love, and the arc of the moral universe.
Talk to Martin Luther King Jr..
Ask anything. In their own voice, from their own era, grounded in the record. Documented quotes are shown with a source. Imaginative replies are plainly marked.
Free for the curious — no card, no trial.
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