Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955 - 1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.^[1]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date of birth:	January 15, 1929(1929-01-15)
Place of birth:	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Date of death:	April 4, 1968 (aged 39)
Place of death:	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Movement:	African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace Movement
Major organizations:	Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Notable prizes:	Nobel Peace Prize (1964) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous) Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous)
Major monuments:	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (planned)
Religion:	Baptist
Influences	Mahatma Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, Bayard Rustin
Influenced	Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson

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Hi Stephen!

Dr. King is THE PERECT CHOICE for today!!  What an awesome example he set for so many!!!

Thanks,and enjoy your day!

Judy