Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 - 1968
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Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the greatest Civil Rights leaders and is probably the best known. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 15, 1929, and was the eldest son of Martin Luther King Sr. He went to college at the age of fifteen and became a Baptist minister at the age of seventeen.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was involved in racism at an early age. When he was only six he encountered racism when parents of a white friend cut their friendship short because of Martin's skin color.
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Martin Luther King Jr. followed the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi which stressed nonviolent civil disobedience.

In 1958 King wrote his first book Stride Toward Freedom .

In 1960 he became the president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
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King organized the massive March on Washington (Aug. 28,1963) where he gave his brilliant " I Have a Dream" Speech. This made many people change to a positive view of integration.


He died on April 4th, 1968 by an assassin's bullet.
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