1929 Martin Luther King Jr., an American preacher and Civil Rights Movement leader, was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin Luther King Jr., an American Baptist clergyman and activist, was born on January 15, 1929, and served as the most visible voice and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his death in 1968. King used nonviolence and civil disobedience to achieve civil rights, influenced by his Christian convictions and Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful work. He was the son of Martin Luther King Jr., an early civil rights leader and clergyman.
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