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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Marquette Park march → significantPerson → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
"I Have a Dream" speech → speaker → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Coretta Scott King → spouse → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Turnaround Tuesday → strategyDirectedBy → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Genius (TV series) → subject → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir → subject → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
St. Augustine movement → supportedBy → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Pride (In the Name of Love) → theme → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Symphony of Brotherhood
Why We Can’t Wait → workOf → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Dorothy Cotton → workedWith → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Jesse Jackson → workedWith → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Joseph Lowery → workedWith → Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ