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The Assassination of MLK
"One of the world's best known advocates of non-violent social change
strategies, Martin Luther King, Jr. synthesized ideas drawn from many different
cultural traditions." (Carson 1). However, these protest strategies only
furthered racial segregation, resulting in the eventual death of King.
Michael King, who was later known as Martin Luther King, Jr. was born
January 15, 1929, at 501 Aubur ....
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.... they arrested him along with other boycott leaders. (Mark 3). Despite these
actions taken against the boycott, Montgomery buses were desegregated in
December of 1956. The Supreme Court had declared Alabama's laws of segregation
unconstitutional.
During 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other African-American
ministers established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As
president of the organization, King emphasized the importance of African-
American voting rig ....
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