Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King
noun
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

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Martin Luther King [Martin Luther King]
(1929–68) the most important leader of the US ↑civil rights movement. King was an ↑African American Baptist minister who led a series of peaceful campaigns against ↑segregation in the southern states. In 1957 he established the ↑Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1963 he led about 250 000 people on a protest march to Washington, DC, where he made his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech at the ↑Lincoln Memorial. He was awarded the ↑Nobel Prize for peace in 1964. He was murdered four years later in ↑Memphis, ↑Tennessee, by Earl Ray. King’s wife, Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) continued his work. His birthday, 15 January, is an official holiday in many states. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal. Martin Luther King

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