Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Guide

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) was established by Coretta Scott King in 1968

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. ~click the link to read more

From the US Department of Labor

Related events timeline from 1640 - 2014 via the Library of Congress

From the National Archives. Includes primary documents.

Significant dates and events of the Civil Rights Era via the Library of Congress

The civil rights movement[b] in the United States was a decades-long struggle by African Americans and their like-minded allies to end institutionalized racial discrimination, disenfranchisement and racial segregation in the United States ~click the link to read more

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Be inspired by the events and people that influenced the African American Civil Rights Movement.