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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Was a Baptist minister
Date of birth: January 15, 1929
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, US
Date of death: April 4, 1968 aged 39
Place of death: Memphis, Tennessee, USHe was first recognized during a bus boycott by African Americans
that took place in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955Known for being the key figure in the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
His actions led to the outlawing of discrimination in public places
and employment as well as giving voting rights to all citizens.Influences Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi,
Benjamin Mays, Hosea Williams, Bayard Rustin,
Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman, Leo Tolstoy- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers hisfamous "I Have a Dream" speech duringthe March on Washington
Movement: African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace Movement
Major organizations: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)Notable prizes: Nobel Peace Prize (1964)Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous) CongressionalGold Medal (2004, posthumous)Many states decided to celebrate the holiday in memorial to
him on January 15, his birthdate.
This was changed to a national holiday on the third Monday
in January of each year in 1983.He was considered the most prominent civil rights leader during the
1960's and helped to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed.
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