Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) jẹ́ ẹni ọ̀wọ̀, alákitiyan ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Amẹ́ríkà,[1] bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sí jẹ́ olórí ẹgbẹ́-ìjíndé fún ẹ̀tọ́ ọmọ-àwùjọ ni ilé Amẹ́ríkà. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí oníwasú Ìjọ Onítẹ̀bọmi, King di alakitiyan fún ẹ́tọ́ ará-ìlú ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ayé rẹ̀.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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Ọjọ́ ìbí: | (1929-01-15)Oṣù Kínní 15, 1929 |
Place of birth: | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
Ọjọ́ aláìsí: | April 4, 1968(1968-04-04) (ọmọ ọdún 39) |
Place of death: | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
Movement: | African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace Movement |
Major organizations: | Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
Notable prizes: | Nobel Peace Prize (1964) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous) Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous) |
Major monuments: | Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (planned) |
Religion: | Baptist |
Influences | Howard Thurman, Mahatma Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, Bayard Rustin, Jesus Christ |
Influenced | Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson |
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