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'''Martin Luther King, Jr.''' (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a Christian, an African American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movementnigger. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
