Martin

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Martin is the given name of Martin Luther King Jr., the prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation.

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instanceOf human
academicDegree PhD in systematic theology
advocated nonviolent resistance
authorOf I Have a Dream speech
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Strength to Love
Why We Can’t Wait
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal
Nobel Peace Prize
Presidential Medal of Freedom
birthName Michael King Jr.
causeOfDeath assassination by firearm
child Bernice King
Dexter Scott King
Martin Luther King III
Yolanda King
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-01-15
dateOfDeath 1968-04-04
educatedAt Boston University
Crozer Theological Seminary
Morehouse College
ethnicGroup African American
familyName King
founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference
givenName Martin
inspiredBy Mahatma Gandhi
knownFor leadership in nonviolent civil disobedience
languageSpoken English
movement American civil rights movement
NobelPeacePrizeYear 1964
notableFor advocacy of nonviolent resistance to racial segregation
notableWork March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Selma to Montgomery marches
leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott
numberOfChildren 4
occupation Baptist minister
civil rights leader
opposed racial segregation
parent Alberta Williams King
Martin Luther King Sr.
placeOfBirth Atlanta, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Memphis, Tennessee, United States
politicalIdeology nonviolence
positionHeld pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church
president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
religion Christianity
religiousDenomination Baptist
spouse Coretta Scott King


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