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LIFE OF MARTIN

LUTHER KING, Jr

• Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Baptist minister and

social rights activist in the United States in the

1950s and '60s.

• He organized a number of peaceful protests as head

of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,

including the famous March on Washington.

• He was awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 1964.He

fought for equal rights for all dark -skinned people.