Synopsis
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King was a humanitarian, American pastor, activist, and a prominent leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a nationwide movement against discrimination and racial injustice, and fought for voting laws and equal rights for African Americans during the 1950s and 1960s. King was a leading spokesperson for nonviolent methods of achieving social change. King and his fellow followers used strategies such as marches, bus boycotts, lunch counter protests, sit-ins. Civil disobedience was met with setbacks when law enforcement frequently used violence against peaceful protesters, who were trained by the movement's leaders in methods of passive resistance. The Supreme Court in 1954 overruled the U.S.'s official policy on school segregation, and Congress passed the Civil Rights Act ten years later during 1964. Despite personal risk, King was determined to establish equality for all races.
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