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Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., American Baptist Minister, led the struggle against racial discrimination in 1960s USA, inspiring supporters with the power of his rhetoric. He advocated the principle of non-violent protest, affirming that opposition should be tackled with compassion rather than aggression. Born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, he was assassinated on 4 April 1968. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to non-violent struggle in 1964.

=====A Call to La Raza for a Personal Pledge to Non Violence=====

[https://unidosus.org/publications/555-a-call-to-la-raza-for-a-personal-pledge-to-non-violence/ by UNIDOS US 31/12/68]

Soon after the founding of NCLR in 1968—in the midst of urban riots following the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, at a time when some elements of both the African American and Latino civil rights movements were urging the use of violence to achieve social change—the first two chief executives of the organization, Herman Gallegos and Henry Santiestevan, issued this call to Latinos, A Call to La Raza for a Personal Pledge to Non Violence.

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 [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/01/16-martin-luther-king-quotes-to-remember/ by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 15/1/16]
   Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., American Baptist Minister, led the struggle against racial discrimination in 1960s USA, inspiring supporters with the power of his rhetoric. He advocated the principle of non-violent protest, affirming that opposition should be tackled with compassion rather than aggression. Born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, he was assassinated on 4 April 1968. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to non-violent struggle in 1964.
+=====A Call to La Raza for a Personal Pledge to Non Violence=====
+[https://unidosus.org/publications/555-a-call-to-la-raza-for-a-personal-pledge-to-non-violence/ by UNIDOS US 31/12/68]
+ Soon after the founding of NCLR in 1968—in the midst of urban riots following the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, at a time when some elements of both the African American and Latino civil rights movements were urging the use of violence to achieve social change—the first two chief executives of the organization, Herman Gallegos and Henry Santiestevan, issued this call to Latinos, A Call to La Raza for a Personal Pledge to Non Violence.