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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Resume

    (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968)
    Birthday is an American holiday (January 15th)
    Admirer of Mohandas Gandhi, which inspired his non violent stance
    Wrote 'Why We Can't Wait' (1964)
    Assassinated by James Earl Ray (April 4, 1968)

Why he might be annoying:

    The F.B.I. recorded that he cheated on his wife.
    He was a plagarist.
    His fight for civil rights may have been a selfish one in that it only focused on African-Americans.
    His initials MLK makes you think of milk.
    His public speaking abilities didn't develop until later in his life.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He believed in non-violent protest to earn civil rights for all people.
    He said: 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
    Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.'
    He was unfairly arrested for driving 30 MPH in a 25 MPH zone (January 26, 1956).
    He was arrested when demonstrating for civil rights in Birmingham (April 1963).
    A quarter of a million people went to the Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream Speech' (August 28, 1963).
    I have a dream that one day the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
    I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
    I have a dream today.
    I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
    I have a dream today.
    Let freedom ring.
    Let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city we will be able to speed up that day when all of God´s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentles, Protestants and Catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of that old Negro Spiritual 'Free at last! Free at last: Thank God almighty, we are free at last!'

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 148 Votes: 61.49% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 227 Votes: 42.73% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1403 Votes: 51.46% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1696 Votes: 44.52% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1921 Votes: 40.45% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1600 Votes: 45.75% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2183 Votes: 38.11% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 950 Votes: 55.58% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1088 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1250 Votes: 53.04% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 834 Votes: 47.60% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 1917 Votes: 45.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8833 Votes: 45.66% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 1637 Votes: 39.28% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 7258 Votes: 43.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 7811 Votes: 33.61% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 846 Votes: 44.09% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 3577 Votes: 43.64% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1050 Votes: 41.90% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 2863 Votes: 42.82% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1654 Votes: 41.29% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2500 Votes: 43.28% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 29447 Votes: 44.50% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 10754 Votes: 41.03% Annoying