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Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader and Nobel Prize Winner
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Introduction to the life and accomplishments of famed civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Andrew Santella
Andrew Santella has written for such publications as GQ, the New York Times Book Review, Slate, and the Atlantic.com. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he is likely at this very moment putting off doing something important.
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