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1 day ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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- Coretta Scott King
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- The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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- American Civil Rights Movement
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Racial segregation, the practice of restricting people to...
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
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- The Letter From The Birmingham Jail
1 day ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights, Nonviolence, Equality: In the years after his death, King remained the most widely known African American leader of his era.
1 day ago · The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement, occurred on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Learn more about the background, details, and aftermath of the assassination in this article.
Sep 14, 2024 · Our Words Matter. As Martin Luther King Jr. poignantly stated in “Give Us the Ballot, We Will Transform the South,” “So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote, I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind—it is made up for me. I cannot live as a democratic citizen, observing the laws I have helped to ...
Aug 28, 2024 · Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered for his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech, but the orator went off-script for his most iconic words.
Sep 9, 2024 · Martin Luther King, Jr., America's foremost civil rights leader, was the son and grandson of African American Baptist clergymen. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he graduated from Morehouse College in 1948.
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Sep 9, 2024 · Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) w as an African American Baptist Minister and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He was a prominent leader from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.