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When someone shows you violence, show them kindness.

To reach our goals, we must walk the path of peace.

We must lock arms with our brothers and sisters.

We must march together.

When we do, our voices will be heard and freedom will ring.

Remember Funtown Amusement Park?

Its doors eventually opened to black people, and Dr. King got to take his daughter.

Did you know that he was the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize at that time?

Just 35 years old!

He donated the prize money to the civil rights movement.

He said that the prize was the work of many other unsung heroes.

He fought against poverty, too.

There's even a national holiday for him, the third Monday of every January.

Only Washington and Lincoln get a day like that, and they share theirs.

It's a day to remember how far we've come and how much more work there is to do.

I am Martin Luther King, Jr.

I stand for peace.

I stand for justice.

I stand to help people.

I stand as proof that no matter how hard the struggle, we must fight for what is right and work to change what is wrong.