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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.
Johnson and King sit together listening as civil rights leaders describe housing discrimination’s impact, especially on the Black residents of America’s cities. Martin Luther King Jr. speech ...
Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful words pierced the souls of the 10,000 peaceful protesters who marched to the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol 60 years ago. ... The impact still stands with ...
Dominant expectations ran from paternal apprehension to dread. On Meet the Press, reporters grilled Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King Jr. about widespread foreboding that "it would be impossible to bring more than 100,000 militant Negroes into Washington without incidents and possibly rioting."
In Indianapolis, Indiana, Senator Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is credited with preventing a riot there. In Boston , rioting may have been averted by a James Brown concert taking place on the night of April 5, with Brown, Mayor Kevin White , and City Councilor Tom Atkins speaking to the Garden crowd ...
The Poor People's Campaign, or Poor People's March on Washington, was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States.It was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and carried out under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of King's assassination in April 1968.
Former President Donald Trump's comparison of the Jan. 6 rally crowd to Martin Luther King's March on Washington has raised ire on social media.
As early as the mid-1950s, Martin Luther King Jr. had received death threats because of his prominence in the civil rights movement. He had confronted the risk of death, including a nearly fatal stabbing in 1958, and made its recognition part of his philosophy.