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Martin Luther King

(1929-1968)
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader
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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination.

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Born Michael Luther King Jr.
15 January 1929
Atlanta, Georgia
Died
4 April 1968 (aged 39)
Memphis, Tennessee
Zodiac Capricorn
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  • Coretta Scott King
    Coretta Scott King 1927-2006 · American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. · m. 1953 info edit
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  • Yolanda King
    Yolanda King info 1st child with Coretta Scott King Female b. 17 Nov 1955 d. 15 May 2007 · Age: 51 (at death) · 1955-2007 · American activist
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  • Martin Luther King III
    Martin Luther King III info 2nd child with Coretta Scott King Male b. 23 Oct 1957 · Age: 67 · 1957- · American civil rights activist
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    Dexter Scott info 3rd child with Coretta Scott King Male b. 30 Jan 1961 · Age: 64 · 1961- · Celebrity Baby
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  • Bernice King
    Bernice King info 4th child with Coretta Scott King Female b. 28 Mar 1963 · Age: 62 · 1963- · American minister and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  • Nelson Scott
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  • Alveda King
    Alveda King · Niece · 1951- · American civil rights activist, Christian minister edit info
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  • J. Pius Barbour
    J. Pius Barbour · Friend · 1894-1974 · American Baptist pastor edit info
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  • Roy Wilkins
    Roy Wilkins · Associate · 1901-1981 · American civil rights leader edit info
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    Ella Baker · Associate · 1903-1986 · African-American civil rights and human rights activist edit info
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    Nelson Rockefeller · Associate · 1908-1979 · American politician edit info
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    Stanley Levison · Associate · 1912-1979 · American activist businessman, and lawyer edit info
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    Ossie Davis · Friend · 1917-2005 · American actor, director, writer, and activist edit info
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    Billy Graham · Friend · 1918-2018 · American Christian evangelist edit info
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  • James L. Farmer, Jr.
    James L. Farmer, Jr. · Associate · 1920-1999 · African Americans' rights activist edit info
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    John Lewis · Associate · 1920-2001 · American jazz pianist, composer and arranger edit info
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    Whitney Young · Associate · 1921-1971 · American civil rights leader edit info
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    James Bevel · Friend · 1936-2008 · 1960s Civil Rights Movement strategist edit info
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    Jesse Jackson · Associate · 1941- · American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition edit info
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