Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the leading civil rights activist in the US from the mid-fifties through 1968, when he was assassinated at the age of 39 by James Earl Ray.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), was the leading civil rights activist in the US from the mid-fifties through 1968, when he was assassinated at the age of 39 by James Earl Ray. Under his leadership, the civil rights movement succeeded in ending the legal segregation of blacks King rose to national prominence through the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He promoted change through nonviolent tactics, exemplified by the march on Washington DC in 1963 to demand civil rights.

King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. In 1986, the U.S. Congress voted to observe a national holiday in his honour on the third Monday in January.

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Online Resources

• Martin Luther King, Jr. - from Time Magazine
• Yahoo's links.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day news stories.
• The Dr King Timeline Page - an illustrated history of his life as drawn by K-2 graders at Buckman School in Portland, OR.
• Seattle Times' Martin Luther King, Jr. resources.
• Martin Luthur King, Jr. Bibliography from Standford University. It "lists approximately
  2700 bibliographic citations to works by or about Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement." Brought to you by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project. If you only visit one MLK link, make it the Papers Project.
• Martin Luther King Tribute from Life Magazines. Lots of pictures in addition to great text resources.
• The Forgotten Teachings of Martin Luther King. /UL>

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