The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to the city in January 1966 to assist with the city’s fledgling civil rights efforts.
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Martin Luther King Jr. built a movement with quiet moral power. Here’s how it changed history.
The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is this month. The holiday, which falls on the third Monday in January, is held near the civil rights leader’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929. It’s held on a Monday to allow U.S.
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