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  1. Há 1 dia · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.

  2. 17 de abr. de 2024 · Welcome to our digital exhibit celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, last updated in January 2024. Harvard affiliates can request books via HOLLIS, for pick-up at the library of your choice. This display honors and examines U.S. society's relationship to the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • Daniel Becker
    • 2019
  3. 21 de abr. de 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963, from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Source: Library of Congress. Martin Luther Kings most famous moment would come in August 1963, as the Birmingham protests gathered momentum and led to a march on Washington DC.

    • Greg Beyer
  4. 8 de mai. de 2024 · "During the less than 13 years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, from December 1955 until April 4, 1968, African Americans achieved more genuine progress toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years had produced.

  5. Há 6 dias · Primary Sources. More than two decades since his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, and his insistence on the power of nonviolent struggle to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever.

    • Melissa Gonzalez
    • 2021
  6. 25 de abr. de 2024 · Civil Rights Leaders in Selma Minister, philosopher, and social activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was America’s most significant civil rights leader of the 1950s and 1960s.

  7. Há 5 dias · Five-year-old Veronica Pitt touches a tattered poster of Martin Luther King Jr. as she and her 3-year-old brother Raythorn leave Resurrection City with other evacuees on May 24, 1968. Credit: AP: Bob Daugherty. The Poor People’s Campaign arrived in Washington, D.C. A town called “Resurrection City” was erected as a tribute to the slain ...