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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1959, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (C) is flanked by his guests, American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King (L) and wife Coretta Scott King during a one-month visit to India at the invitation of the Gandhi Peace Foundation.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Global Dream

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opposed racism, imperialism, and capitalist inequity at home and around the world.

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