Martin Luther King Jr.

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American activist Baptist minister civil rights leader human

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.

Aliases (4)

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American activist → Baptist minister → civil rights leader → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Bachelor of Divinity → PhD in systematic theology →
advocated	desegregation → economic justice → voting rights for African Americans →
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal → Nobel Peace Prize → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthName	Michael King Jr. →
causeOfDeath	assassination → gunshot wound →
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 →
denomination	Baptist →
educatedAt	Boston University → Crozer Theological Seminary → Morehouse College →
familyName	King →
father	Martin Luther King Sr. →
fieldOfWork	civil rights → racial equality → social justice →
founded	Southern Christian Leadership Conference →
fullName	Martin Luther King Jr. →
gender	male →
givenName	Martin →
hasHonor	Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday in the United States →
ideology	civil disobedience → nonviolence →
influencedBy	Henry David Thoreau → Jesus Christ → Mahatma Gandhi →
knownFor	advocacy of nonviolent resistance → leadership in the American civil rights movement → opposition to racial injustice → opposition to racial segregation →
marriageStart	1953 →
memorial	Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C. →
mother	Alberta Williams King →
movement	American civil rights movement →
NobelPeacePrizeYear	1964 →
notableWork	"I Have a Dream" speech → Letter from Birmingham Jail →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	civil rights activist → clergyman → minister →
opposed	Vietnam War →
participatedIn	Birmingham campaign → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → Montgomery bus boycott → Selma to Montgomery marches →
placeOfBirth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
placeOfDeath	Memphis, Tennessee, United States →
positionHeld	co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church → pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church → president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
spouse	Coretta Scott King →

Referenced by (164)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bayard Rustin → Civil Disobedience → Daddy King → E. D. Nixon → Henry David Thoreau → Leo Tolstoy → Mahatma Gandhi → Martin Luther King Sr. → Rosa Parks → Satyagraha → The Kingdom of God Is Within You → Theodore Parker →	influenced
16th Street Baptist Church → Andrew Young → Historic Fire Station No. 6 → Joan Baez → Kelly Ingram Park → Mahalia Jackson → Mountain of Despair → National Civil Rights Museum → Sweet Auburn neighborhood →	associatedWith
Bob Moses → Charles Person → César Chávez → Diane Nash → James Bevel → Maya Angelou →	influencedBy
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church → King County → M. L. King Jr. Visiting Professorship at MIT → Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change → Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park → Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation →	namedAfter
ACMHR → Amelia Boynton Robinson → Bayard Rustin → E. D. Nixon → Jo Ann Robinson →	collaboratedWith
Bernice King → Dexter Scott King → Dexter Scott King → Martin Luther King III → Yolanda King →	father
"I Have a Dream" speech → Letter from Birmingham Jail → Strength to Love → Why We Can’t Wait →	author
Harry Belafonte → Hosea Williams → Ralph Abernathy → Wyatt Tee Walker →	closeCollaborator
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → Spingarn Medal → Time Person of the Year → United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights →	notableRecipient
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church → Edmund Pettus Bridge →	associatedWithPerson
Alberta Williams King → Martin Luther King Sr. → Michael King →	child
King Center Reflecting Pool → Stone of Hope → U.S. Civil Rights Trail →	commemorates
1966 Meredith March Against Fear → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → Memphis sanitation workers' strike →	hasParticipant
Civil Rights Memorial ("Martin Luther King Jr. quote "until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream"") → Pride (In the Name of Love) → Resurrection City →	inspiredBy
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights → Project C (Confrontation) → SCLC →	keyPerson
Montgomery Improvement Association → Montgomery bus boycott → Southern Christian Leadership Conference →	leader
Alberta Williams King → Alfred Daniel Williams King → Michael King →	notableRelative
Children's Crusade (1963) ("Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.") → Children's March ("Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.") → Poor People’s Campaign →	organizedBy
Albany Movement → Selma to Montgomery marches → Summit Agreement of 1966 →	participant
Dorothy Cotton → Jesse Jackson → Joseph Lowery →	workedWith
Adam Daniel Williams → James Albert King →	grandfatherOf
Chicago Freedom Movement → Marquette Park march →	hasLeader
American Academy of Arts and Sciences → King family →	hasNotableMember
Crozer Theological Seminary → Morehouse College →	notableAlumnus
A.G. Gaston Motel → Lorraine Motel →	notableGuest
Atlanta → Upland, Pennsylvania →	notableResident
Adam Daniel Williams → Obadiah Scott ("Martin Luther King Jr. (brother-in-law)") →	relative
Alfred Daniel Williams King → Christine King Farris →	sibling
Birmingham City Jail → Marquette Park march →	significantPerson
Genius (TV series) → Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir →	subject
Bayard Rustin →	advisorTo
Martin Luther King Jr. ("Michael King Jr.") →	birthName
Michael King →	changedNameInHonorOf
David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. →	character
We Shall Overcome →	closelyAssociatedWith
Laurie Pritchett →	confronted
Claudette Colvin →	contemporaryOf
Freedom Hall complex →	dedicatedTo
Stone of Hope →	depicts
Michael King →	fatherOf
I Am Not Your Negro →	featuresPerson
Symphony of Brotherhood →	featuresSpokenWordFrom
Montgomery Improvement Association →	firstPresident
Southern Christian Leadership Conference →	foundedBy
Martin Luther King Jr. →	fullName
James Albert King →	hasDescendant
Rosa Parks Museum →	hasExhibitsAbout
African-American history →	hasKeyFigure
Boston University →	hasNotableAlumni
King →	hasNotableBearer
Nobel Peace Prize →	hasNotableLaureate
James Albert King →	hasRelative
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C. →	honours
American civil rights movement →	keyFigure
Birmingham campaign →	keyLeader
Turnaround Tuesday →	ledBy
Pride (In the Name of Love) →	lyricSubject
Selma (2014 film) →	mainCharacter
Montgomery bus boycott →	mainParticipant
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. →	mainSubject
Nobel Prize laureates →	notableExample
Nobel Peace Prize →	notableLaureate
SCLC →	notableLeader
Southern Christian Leadership Conference →	notableMember
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia →	notablePastor
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters →	notablePersonFeatured
Crozer Theological Seminary →	notableStudent
Montgomery Improvement Association →	officer
Bernice King →	parent
James Bevel →	partnerInActivismWith
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church →	pastor
James Albert King →	paternalGrandfatherOf
I Am Not Your Negro →	portrays
Southern Christian Leadership Conference →	president
Civil Rights Memorial →	quoteSource
Browder v. Gayle →	relatedPerson
A Call for Unity →	responseFrom
Genius (TV series) →	season4Subject
"I Have a Dream" speech →	speaker
Coretta Scott King →	spouse
Turnaround Tuesday →	strategyDirectedBy
St. Augustine movement →	supportedBy
Pride (In the Name of Love) →	theme
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation →	topic
Symphony of Brotherhood →	usesSampleOfSpeechBy
Why We Can’t Wait →	workOf