Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Inspired by the belief that love and peaceful protest could end social injustice, Dr. King stirred Americans of all races to protest racial discrimination, poverty and war. A champion of nonviolent resistance to oppression, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. On April 4, 1968, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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