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Martin Luther King: Facts, His Speech, His Death, and His Influence on Politics
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From 1955 till his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January fifteenth, 1929-- April 4th, 1968) was an American Baptist clergyman and activist who ended up being the most identifiable voice and leader in the American civil liberties movement. King used nonviolence and civil disobedience to advance civil liberties, inspired by his Christian convictions and Mahatma Gandhi's tranquil work. He was the child of Martin Luther King Sr., an early civil liberties leader and clergyman.
King marched for black people's right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other fundamental civil liberties, and he led them.
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