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Martin Luther King Birth: January 15, 1929. Atlanta, Georgia, USA Death: April 4, 1968. Memphis, Tennessee, USA (assassination by gunshot) Known for leading the civil rights movement in the United States Advocating nonviolent protest against segregation and racial discrimination http://www.lonelyplanet.imagesandprints.com

Martin Luther King http://www.lonelyplanet.imagesandprints.com In 1999, the National Capital Planning commission and the US Commission of fine Arts approved the site location for the "King Memorial" on the National Mall in Washington. On October 16th 2011, the memorial was opened by President Barack Obama to over ten thousand people who had waited from 6am for the ceremony.

Martin Luther King http://www.lonelyplanet.imagesandprints.com In 1964, King became the first black American to be honored as Time magazine's "Man of the Year". It should be noted that King's efforts were not limited to securing civil rights; he also spoke out against poverty and the Vietnam War.

Martin Luther King http://www.lonelyplanet.imagesandprints.com He is most famous for his August 1963 speech at a civil rights rally in Washington where he said ”I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

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