Martin Luther King,(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) is a American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights group. His main legacy was to secured progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights protester beforein his career.
He led in the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and recognized himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to got the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
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