- Born
- January 15, 1929
- Died
- April 4, 1968 (aged 39)
- Known as
- pastor, preacher, civil rights advocate, peace activist, pacifist, writer
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.
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Martin Luther King Jr. in our timeline
- Martin Luther King Jr. Is Born (January 15, 1929)
- Montgomery Buses Go Empty (December 5, 1955)
- I Have a Dream (August 28, 1963)
- Civil Rights Act Signed (July 2, 1964)
- King Wins Nobel Peace Prize (October 14, 1964)
- Selma to Montgomery March Begins (March 21, 1965)
- Selma March Reaches Montgomery (March 25, 1965)
- MLK Assassinated in Memphis (April 4, 1968)
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- Christopher Plummer1929 · Canadian actor
- Frank Gehry1929 · Canadian and American architect
- Ursula K. Le Guin1929 · American author
- Jürgen Habermas1929 · German social philosopher