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          Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the s and '60s.!

          Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States.

        1. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States.
        2. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, – April 4, ) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher.
        3. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the s and '60s.
        4. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.
        5. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from until his assassination in

          6. By D. Kevin McNeir
          Special to the AFRO

          Those familiar with the countless biographies of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often point to the “mountaintop” moments of his life: his matriculation to Morehouse College at the age of 15; becoming pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.

          in 1954; his rise to national prominence as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); his success at the 1963 March on Washington where he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech and his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. 

          But while he has risen to almost saintly stature in American history following his untimely death at the age of 39 in 1968, King was also a highly controversial figure.

          For some–including many Black people– his civil rights activism and the philosophies he espoused were out of line. The stance he took on issues like voting rights, the Vietnam war and poverty were seen as dangerous and divisive. 

          In other words, as his ministr