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Martin Luther King, Jr. with Photos

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 and died on April 4, 1968.He was an American   activist, pastor, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.He is best known for his role in the advancement,progession and improvement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. He was born as Michael King, but his father changed his name in honor of the German reformer Martin Luther. 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 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, in 1962, and organized nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response. Martin Luther King, Jr. On October 14, 1964

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