A Brief Biography of Martin Luther King
Junior
Martin Luther King, Jr.
was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in
the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
He is best known for his role
in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil...
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A Brief Biography of Martin Luther King
Junior
Martin Luther King, Jr.
was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in
the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
He is best known for his role
in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience.
King
has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism.
Dr.
King became a civil rights activist early in his career.
He led the 1955
Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president.
With
the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful struggle against segregation in Albany,
Georgia in 1962, and organized nonviolent protests in Birmingham,
Alabama that attracted national attention following television news
coverage of the brutal police response.
King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he
delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
There, he established his
reputation as one of the greatest orators in America
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