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Martin Luther King Jr.
Leading nonviolent campaigns for US civil rights.
I Have a Dream · Nobel Peace Prize
- Born
- 15 January 1929
- Birthplace
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- 4 April 1968
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Martin Luther King Jr.
An American Baptist minister who linked mass protest with demands for racial equality, voting rights and economic justice.
Early life
Church family
Grew up in Atlanta in a family of Baptist ministers.
Education
Studied at Morehouse, Crozer and Boston University.
Career
- 1954
Montgomery pastor
Became pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
- 1955
Boycott leadership
Helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott after Rosa Parks’s arrest.
- 1957
Regional organisation
Became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Contributions
March on Washington
Delivered the I Have a Dream speech.
Nobel Peace Prize
Recognised for nonviolent resistance to racial inequality.
Selma campaign
Helped campaign for voting rights in Alabama.
Beyond work
Family
Married Coretta Scott in 1953; they had four children.
Final campaigns
Also challenged poverty and the Vietnam War before his assassination.
Sources & photo credit
Biographical reference ↗King Institute: I Have a Dream ↗Photo: Yoichi Okamoto. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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