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Martin Luther king, Jr.

MLK was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is bestknown for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. King has become a national icon inthe history of modern American liberalism.

A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career.[4] He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the SouthernChristian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he establishedhis reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discriminationthrough civil disobedience and other nonviolent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam War. King was assassinated on April 4,1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Civil rights activist: A person in favor of social movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans andrestoring voting rights to them. The movement was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations betweenactivists and government authorities-
Most known civil rights activists figures are: Malcolm X, MLK, Rosa Parks, and William Edward Burghardt.

Those opposing Martin Luther King, Jr. were, for themost part, people believing in segregation of the races and that black Americans were not entitled to the same rights as white Americans. Many whites of the time feared that so many blacks joined for...