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[[Image:MartLK.jpg|right|thumb|Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a Dream" (1964)]]

[[Image:MartLK.jpg|right|thumb|Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a Dream" (1963)]]

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.  He 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>   

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.  He 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.

Rev. King's most famous speech, delivered to a huge crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. in 1964, chanted the refrain "I Have a Dream" of an end to segregation and discrimination. It was a brilliant Christian sermon that drew upon verses and images in the Bible,<ref>For example, the speech recited Isaiah 40:4-5.</ref> ending in "Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"<ref>http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm</ref>   

Rev. King's most famous speech, delivered to a huge crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. in 1964, chanted the refrain "[[I Have a Dream]]" of an end to segregation and discrimination. It was a brilliant Christian sermon that drew upon verses and images in the Bible,<ref>For example, the speech recited Isaiah 40:4-5.</ref> ending in "Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"<ref>http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm</ref>   

The same year Rev. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  Rev. King was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

The same year Rev. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  Rev. King was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.