Martin Luther King, Jr. Born January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia Died April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee African American civil rights leader and minister Martin Luther King, Jr., spent the final decade of his life in relentless pursuit of racial equality...

Born January 15, 1929Atlanta, Georgia Died April 4, 1968Memphis, Tennessee Minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King...

(born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was, quite simply, the most popular and effective leader of the African American struggle for civil rights. His philosophy of non-violent direct-action galvanized thousands of Americans, both black and white, to press for...

(b. 15 January 1929; d. 4 April 1968) Major leader in civil rights and antiwar movements in twentieth century; advocated militant nonviolent social protest. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Martin Luther King, Sr., pastor of the city's...

King Jr., Martin Luther AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND MINISTER1929 Racism. Bibliography Garrow, David. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. New York: Harper Collins, 1986. Schulke, Flip. He...

KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. (1929–1968), was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader. The son and grandson of Baptist preachers, Martin Luther King, Jr., was born into a middle-class black family in Atlanta, Georgia. As an adolescent, King grew...

King, Martin Luther(1929 t Wait. New York: Harper and Row, 1963. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? New York: Harper and Row, 1967. The Trumpet of Conscience. New York: Harper and Row, 1968. A Testament of Hope, edited by James Melvin...

In 1809 Finland became a Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire. Czar Alexander I promised to respect the constitution and the laws of the previous Swedish rule—the constitution secured the supreme power of the monarch. The czar was the head of the...

(born Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn.) U.S. civil-rights leader. The son and grandson of Baptist preachers, King became an adherent of nonviolence while in college. Ordained a Baptist minister himself in 1954,...

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968), was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement. A Baptist minister by training, King became a civil rights activist early in his career, leading the Montgomery Bus...