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Reverend '''Martin Luther King, Jr'''., Ph.D. (1929-1968) was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, who became an advocate against racial discrimination and was later a critic of the war in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]. He became by far trhe most important black leader of the 1960s, and since his assassination in 1968, he is the single most important exemplar of liberalism in recent U.S. history.
Reverend '''Martin Luther King, Jr'''., Ph.D. (1929-1968)
He was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
He became an advocate against racial discrimination and was later a critic of the war in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]].
He became by far the most important black leader of the 1960s.
Since his assassination in 1968, he has been the single most important exemplar of liberalism in recent U.S. history.
King founded the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]. On Dec. 31, 1955, he led the nonviolent [[boycott]] of city buses of Montgomery, Alabama, after [[Rosa Parks]] was arrested for not moving to the back of the bus.<ref>http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/chronology.html</ref>
King founded the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]].
On Dec. 31, 1955, he led the nonviolent [[boycott]] of city buses of Montgomery, Alabama, after [[Rosa Parks]] was arrested for not moving to the back of the bus.<ref>http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/chronology.html</ref>
Rev. King wrote his most famous writing, “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” (1963), while imprisoned for demonstrating against segregated eating facilities.
Rev. King wrote his most famous writing, “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” (1963), while imprisoned for demonstrating against segregated eating facilities.