Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, Jr. |

King in 1964 |
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.|
Monuments | Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Morehouse College (B.A.)
Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D.)
Boston University (Ph.D.) |
Organization |Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
Influenced by | Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Bayard Rustin, Howard Thurman |
Political movement | African-AmericanCivil Rights Movement, Peace movement |
Religion | Baptist (Progressive National Baptist Convention) |
Spouse(s) | Coretta Scott King (1953–1968) |
Children | Yolanda Denise-King (1955–2007)Martin Luther King III (b.1957)
Dexter Scott King (b.1961)
Bernice Albertine King (b.1963) |
Parents | Martin Luther King, Sr.
Alberta Williams King |
Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1964),Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous), Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous) |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman,activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in thehistory of American progressivism.[1]
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern ChristianLeadership 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 inBirmingham, Alabama that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered...