Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968
Other Works
Stride Toward Freedom
Why We Can't Wait
The Trumpet of Conscience
Hero Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most famous civil rights leaders in American history. During the 1950s and 1960s, he championed the rights of African Americans and led nonviolent protests against racial injustice. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Early Years Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, King was an outstanding student who entered Morehouse College at age 15. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, King became a Baptist minister. His first public protest against racial injustice occurred in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. When African American Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, King and other leaders organized a boycott of city buses. Eventually, the Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to stop the practice of segregated seating. After that success, King led other protests against racial injustice.
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