The most powerful leaders in history, including the prophets of religions, did not attempt to change the world before undergoing their own transformation. What we wish to see in the world begins with what we see in ourselves.  Today, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was an inspiring leader who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.  He was a visionary leader who was deeply committed to achieving social justice through nonviolent means.  Through his activism, he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and other areas of the nation, as well as the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, among several other honors. He continues to be remembered as one of the most lauded leaders in history.

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