Martin Luther King Jr. : American Baptist Minister and Activist, one of the Most Prominent Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his Assassination in 1968

January 15, 1929 — April 4, 1968

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An American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African American church leader and the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience.

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January 15, 1929

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April 4, 1968

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