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.
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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. Random Quote from Martin Luthur King, Jr."We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people." Online Resources
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