Dr.+Martin+Luther+King



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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American activist and he was leader in the African-American civil rights movement. He is still recongized today as one of the biggest human rights icons in history. King was A Baptist minister from an early age and is now recongized as a saint in two christian churches.======

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In 1995 Martin Luther King lead the Montgomery Bus Boycot and help to start the Southern Christian Leadership in 1957, becoming its first ever president. In 1963 all of Kings efforts lead to the March on Washington, where King delivered his " I Have a Dream" speech. This was a key moment in his life and one of the most important days in civil rights history. He made sure that people heard what he had to say and established himself as one of the greatest Orators in the United States history.====== In 1994, Martin Luther King became the youngest person ever to recieve a Nobel Peac Prize for his work to end racial discrimination and segrigation through civil disobediance and non-violent methods. Before he died in 1968, he had begun to refocus his attention towards ending poverty and the Vietnam War.

On April 4th, 1968, King was assinated in Memphis Tennesse. Dr. King was standing on the balcony of his hotel room in the Lorrain Motel, owned by a black man and his wife. At approximately 6:01 pm, a shot rang out and king lay sprawled across the balcony floor with a gaping wound covering a his jaw and neck. Martin Luther King Jr. spent over thirteen years of his life dedicating himself to peace and non violent protest and he was the victim of a sniper's bullet.

After the outrageous murder violence and controversy followed. Blacks from all across the country took to the streets in a massive wave of riots. The FBI did do a small investigation but many people suspected that it was just to please the people because they ( the FBI ) were actually fully responsible for the murder. Eventually a man was arrested for kings murder but many people includin kings own family believe that this man was inocent.

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