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Martin Luther King, Junior

Martin Luther King Jr.
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King in 1964
1st President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In office
1957–1968
Preceded by Inaugural holder
Succeeded by Ralph Abernathy
Personal details
Born Michael King Jr.
(1929-01-15)January 15, 1929
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died April 4, 1968(1968-04-04) (aged 39)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Cause of death Assassination
Spouse(s) Coretta Scott (m. 1953–68)
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Occupation
Known for Civil Rights Movement, Peace movement
Awards
Monuments Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the following year he and SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. In the final years of his life, King expanded his focus to include opposition towards poverty and the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled "Beyond Vietnam".


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