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We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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[E]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man.
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