Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who played a key role in the African American Civil Rights Movement and advocated for nonviolent civil disobedience. He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for combating racial inequality through peaceful protests and is remembered today through memorials and honors for his leadership and contributions to securing racial equality.

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2. Martin Luther King Jr. Born January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia

3. Date of death: April 4, 1968 (aged 39) Place of death: Memphis, Tennessee,UnitedStates‘ Movement: African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace movement Martin Luther King Jr.

4. Major organizations: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Notable prizes: Nobel Peace Prize (1964)Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous)Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous) Major monuments: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (planned) Alma mater: Morehouse CollegeCrozer Theological SeminaryBoston University Religion: Baptist Influences Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Benjamin Mays, Hosea Williams, Bayard Rustin, Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman, Leo Tolstoy Martin Luther King Jr.