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Help! about Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta
Geia
in the southern USA on 1929. He was an American clergyman and Nobel Prize winner
one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King’s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americ to support the cause of civil rights in the United States. After his assassination in Memphis
Tennessee
1968
King became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice. 2009-03-14 15:23:21 补充： 自己写的。不是copy and paste.
参考: i had an presentation to do on him as well.
I never knew U.S. history is part of the HK curriculum. Impressive! We don't have any Asian history taught in the U.S. schools until college
and those courses are electives. It's no wonder a third of the people in the U.S. can't locate the U.S. on the map.
Martin Luther King
Jr. (January 15
1929 – April 4
1968) was an American clergyman
activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today. A Baptist minister
[1] King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957
serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington
where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There
he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964
King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent me. By the time of his death in 1968
he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War
both from a religious perspective. King was assassinated on April 4
1968
in Memphis
Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King
Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
参考: en. *** /wiki/Martin_Luther_king