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Martin Luther King Jr. was probably the most well-know person in African American history. He was the main leader of the civil rights movement and was probably the main reason why people got involved in the movement. Segregation was almost abolished but before he saw that day, he was assassinated on April 4th 1968. Before he was assassinated he accomplished many things such as creating successful and peaceful speeches, marches, and protest. Martin Luther King Jr. received a Ph.D. in theology from Boston University. He was a black Baptist Minster. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights demonstrations began with a protest of the segregated Montgomery bus system. He also helped form the Christian Leadership Conference, the (SCLC). On August 28th 1963 he had the "I Have a Dream" speech, which was the most know civil rights demonstration done by Martin Luther King Jr. The speech was held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The speech was about how he had a dream that this nation will become a nation without segregation. The most know part of the speech went like this "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." That is the most well know because he talked how he wanted a nation that was not judge by the color of the skin be who they really are, and that is what the whole civil rights movement was about, not getting judge because of your skin but getting judge by who you are in the inside. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for leading non-violet civil rights demonstrations.



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Bibliography Martin Luther King Jr. World Book.CD-Rom.2006