Historical FigureMale
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 – 1968
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMartin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 15, 1929
Atlanta
Date of death
April 4, 1968
St. Joseph's Hospital
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
pastorpreachercivil rights advocatepeace activistpacifistwriter
Awards & honours
Nobel Peace PrizeJawaharlal Nehru Award for International UnderstandingUnited Nations Prize in the Field of Human RightsGandhi Peace AwardPacem in Terris AwardAnisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- Field and occupation
- Americký pastor a bojovník za občianske práva
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