“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”

—  Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source: 1960s, Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 2 : Transformed nonconformist

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American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Ci… 1929–1968

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