Martin Luther King: Surprising facts about civil rights icon

Breadcrumb · 1. Martin Luther King Jr. was named after Protestant reformer Martin Luther. · 2. King entered college when he was 15-years-old · 3. King was ...

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Died: 4 April 1968. Best known for: Campaigning for the rights of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. 1) Martin Luther ...

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King's birth name was Michael. · King was 15 when he started college. · MLK survived an earlier assassination attempt. · He was imprisoned 29 times. · King started ...

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A Black church leader, King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights. He oversaw the 1955 ...

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Dr. King is widely regarded as America's pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history.

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When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize at age 35 in 1964, he was the youngest person to have ever received that honor.

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'I have a dream' speech was improvised · His birth name was Michael King · King decided at college to become a preacher · He was arrested more than ...

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1) King was imprisoned nearly 30 times. King pictured being arrested by two police officers. According to the King Center, the civil rights leader went to jail ...

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial was the first to recognize a Black American on the National Mall. The actual address of the memorial is ...

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At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced ...

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