King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.original name Michael Luther King, Jr.
died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Julian Wasser
Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States. King rose to national prominence through the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, promoting nonviolent tactics such as the massive March on Washington (1963) to achieve civil rights. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964.
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