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1 Peace Day Martin Luther King Jr.

2 Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.

3 Facts about Martin Luther King Jr.
-Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid 1950s.

4 Facts about Martin Luther King Jr.
-King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through his activism and inspirational speeches he played a principal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the United States, as well as the creation of the civil Right Act of 1964 ant the Voting rights of 1965.

5 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, an event that left all world in shock.

6 In honour of Martin Luther King Jr.


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