Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Law of the Land

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. " -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.

Visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Eduction Institute for select sermons and landmark speeches in multimedia formats. [JH]

Still the "moral leader of our country."

"I Have a Dream" delivered August 28 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

"I've Been to the Mountaintop" delivered April 3, 1968 (prophetic last speech delivered the day before King was murdered).