Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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Born | Michael King Jr. January 15, 1929 |
Died | April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 39)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Monuments | Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial |
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Occupation(s) | Clergyman, activist |
Organization | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
Movement | African-American Civil Rights Movement, Peace movement |
Spouse | Coretta Scott King (m. 1953–1968) |
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Parent(s) | Martin Luther King, Sr. Alberta Williams King |
Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous), Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous) |
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