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.

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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 2
Martin Luther King Jr. (brother-in-law) 1
Martin Luther King Jr. quote "until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream" 1

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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 Martin Luther King Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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. self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
spouse Coretta Scott King ⓘ

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Montgomery bus boycott → mainParticipant → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. → mainSubject → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
King County → namedAfter → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Upland, Pennsylvania → notableAlumnus → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Crozer Theological Seminary
Morehouse College → notableAlumnus → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Nobel Prize laureates → notableExample → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
A.G. Gaston Motel → notableGuest → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Lorraine Motel → notableGuest → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Nobel Peace Prize → notableLaureate → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
SCLC → notableLeader → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → notableRecipient → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Spingarn Medal → notableRecipient → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Time Person of the Year → notableRecipient → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Alberta Williams King → notableRelative → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Alfred Daniel Williams King → notableRelative → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Michael King → notableRelative → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Atlanta → notableResident → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Upland, Pennsylvania → notableResident → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Crozer Theological Seminary → notableStudent → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Montgomery Improvement Association → officer → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Children's Crusade → organizedBy → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Children's Crusade (1963)
this entity surface form: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Children's March → organizedBy → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Poor People’s Campaign → organizedBy → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Bernice King → parent → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Albany Movement → participant → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Selma to Montgomery marches → participant → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Summit Agreement of 1966 → participant → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
James Bevel → partnerInActivismWith → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church → pastor → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
James Albert King → paternalGrandfatherOf → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
I Am Not Your Negro → portrays → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference → president → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Civil Rights Memorial → quoteSource → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Browder v. Gayle → relatedPerson → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Adam Daniel Williams → relative → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Obadiah Scott → relative → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin Luther King Jr. (brother-in-law)
A Call for Unity → responseFrom → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Genius (TV series) → season4Subject → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Alfred Daniel Williams King → sibling → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Christine King Farris → sibling → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Birmingham city jail → significantPerson → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Birmingham City Jail