In an interview with "Rolling Stone", the then presidential candidate Barack Obama was asked to name the three books which 'really inspired' him. Which one of these did he NOT name?
a. Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
b. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Why We Can't Wait"
c. Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon"
d. William Shakespeare's Tragedies
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a. Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
b. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Why We Can't Wait"
c. Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon"
d. William Shakespeare's Tragedies
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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born
January 15, 1929
died
April 04, 1968
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male
place of birth
Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
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Nonfiction, Politics
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and r...more
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
— Martin Luther King Jr. (I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, Special 75th Anniversary Edition)
— Martin Luther King Jr. (I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, Special 75th Anniversary Edition)
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