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Martin Luther, an Augustinian friar, was ordained to the priesthood in 1507, and on the following year, in 1508, he began teaching theology at the University of Wittenberg, which was located in the Electorate of Saxony, i.e., inside the territory ruled by Prince-elector Frederick III. [8] Therefore, Luther was a subject of the elector, by ...
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Gentle (1412–1464), ruler of Saxony from 1428 to 1464; Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Wise (1463–1525), ruler of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, protector of Martin Luther; Duke Frederick of Saxony (1474–1510), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Minister Ronald Denton Wilson claimed that his father, Henry Clay Wilson, assassinated King. [90] He stated, "It wasn't a racist thing; he thought Martin Luther King was connected with communism, and he wanted to get him out of the way." However, reportedly Wilson had previously admitted his father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. [91]
King was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, while on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, marking a dark moment in U.S. history following the assassination of President Kennedy, who worked ...
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met just once, a moment depicted in the series 'Genius: MLK/X' ... Like Malcolm, he was assassinated, fatally shot on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. ...
April 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of one of world history’s great leaders.From 1957 to 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled 6 million miles, gave over 2,500 speeches ...
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder Schlossplatz, Wittenberg. Georg(e) Spalatin (German: [ˈʃpaːlatiːn]) was the pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈbʊʁkhaʁt]; 17 January 1484 – 16 January 1545), a German humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation.