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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Was a Baptist minister
Date of birth: January 15, 1929
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, US
Date of death: April 4, 1968 aged 39
Place of death: Memphis, Tennessee, US -
He was first recognized during a bus boycott by African Americans
that took place in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 -
Known for being the key figure in the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
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His actions led to the outlawing of discrimination in public places
and employment as well as giving voting rights to all citizens. -
Influences Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi,
Benjamin Mays, Hosea Williams, Bayard Rustin,
Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman, Leo Tolstoy -
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers hisfamous "I Have a Dream" speech duringthe March on Washington
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Movement: African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace Movement
Major organizations: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)Notable prizes: Nobel Peace Prize (1964)Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous) CongressionalGold Medal (2004, posthumous) -
Many states decided to celebrate the holiday in memorial to
him on January 15, his birthdate.
This was changed to a national holiday on the third Monday
in January of each year in 1983. -
He was considered the most prominent civil rights leader during the
1960's and helped to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed.
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