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Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

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Martin Luther King Jr.

American civil rights leader (1929–1968)

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of…
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Nobel Peace Prize

One of five Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded…
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

1968 murder in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights activist, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m at age 39.
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January 15

Day of the year

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year.
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