This holiday honors the courage of a man who endured harassment, threats and beatings, and even bombings. We commemorate the man who went to jail 29 times to achieve freedom for others, and who knew he would pay the ultimate price for his leadership, but kept on marching and protesting and organizing anyway. ~ Coretta Scott King (thekingcenter.org)

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968).