1da biography of martin luther king iii

It was amazing to see the transformation. As he was coming up the stairs, he seemed to be pulling lb. Daddy's home! It's a collaboration with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their fellow human-rights activists Mark and Craig Kielburger. In the excerpt below, King III, 67, discusses living under the shadow of his father's enormous legend, and how he's managed to push himself out from under the weight of it, honoring the path of his father while forging one of his own.

On August 28, , in front of a crowd of nearly , people spread across the National Mall in Washington, DC, my father, the Baptist preacher and civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After laying bare the brutal facts of racism in America, my father offered up a dream of an America in which people of all races and faiths live together in harmony and mutual respect, free of economic and employment inequalities.

Martin Luther King III (born October 23, ) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate.

I was five at the time, too young to attend. Instead, I stayed at home in Atlanta. But I have since listened to his dream many times over the years. Every time, it brings tears to my eyes. His dream is something we must all choose each day to work toward.

Martin Luther King III is an American human rights activist, community leader, author, and politician.

What my father was asking for all those years ago was to create a world where every person can realize their dreams. That is something I also want for each of us. After leading the March on Washington, he went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the youngest person awarded the honor at that time. Then when I was ten years old, in , my father was assassinated.