M.L.K.: A Man to Remember

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than

 sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." FLIP SCHULKE / CORBI 

"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."MICHAEL OCHS / GETTY

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus." MICHAEL OCHS / GETTY

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

Below: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a public address at the Mason Temple, a Pentecostal church in Memphis, Tenn., April 3, 1968. The following day King would be assassinated.

On April 4th, 1968, Robert Kennedy learned of Martin Luther King's death. Kennedy shared the news in an impromptu speech in Indianapolis's inner city and called for reconciliation between the races. Riots broke out in 60 cities across the U.S. but interestingly not in Indianapolis, a fact many attribute to RFK's rhetoric.