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Jun 28, 2024 · Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was established as an annual observance in the United States in 1983. The King holiday campaign overcame forceful opposition, with critics citing FBI surveillance files suggesting that King was an adulterous radical influenced by communists. Although the release of these files during the 1970s under the Freedom of ...
Martin Luther King, Jr., waving to the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. (more) Minister and social activist Martin Luther King, Jr. , was the preeminent leader of the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.
Jan 28, 2010 · Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. At 6:05 p.m. the following day, King was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he and his associates were staying ...
Nov 30, 2017 · The “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. before a crowd of some 250,000 people at the 1963 March on Washington, remains one of the most famous speeches in history.
May 22, 2024 · The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the earthshaking events of 1968 that made it among the most tumultuous and momentous years in American history. The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the antiwar movement all were in full swing as the year began. King’s opposition to the Vietnam War had been building steadily ...
Introduction. Martin Luther King, Jr., made history, but he was also transformed by his deep family roots in the African-American Baptist church, his formative experiences in his hometown of Atlanta, his theological studies, his varied models of religious and political leadership, and his extensive network of contacts in the peace and social ...
Martin Luther King Jr. (15 Januari 1929 – 4 April 1968) adalah pendeta dan aktivis yang menjadi juru bicara dan pemimpin gerakan hak sipil tahun 1954 sampai 1968. Ia dikenal karena menuntut hak sipil dengan cara non-kekerasan dan ketidakpatuhan sipil sesuai ajaran Kristen dan terinspirasi oleh aktivisme damai Mahatma Gandhi .
