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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights through nonviolence and sometimes civil disobedience.

  • Lived from 1929 to 1968.
  • Baptist minister and American civil rights activist.
  • Led the civil rights movement from 1955 until 1968.
  • Opposed Jim Crow laws and legalized discrimination.
  • Used nonviolence and sometimes civil disobedience.

Source: Martin Luther King Jr. on Wikipedia