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King's legacy will live on as one of the most influential civil rights leaders of the modern era. He brought a new hope to the African American community of 60's America. He delivered on his promises and never backed down from a challenge. He always fought non-violently as so no soul (good or bad)was hurt. And lastly he fought for those he cared for the most and that will live until for the end of time.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis, Tennessee just hours after delivering yet another prophetic speech in the city. He was leaving Loraine Motel when he stepped onto the balcony of the inn and was shot on sight by a segregationist. The name of said segregationist was James Earl Ray who was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. King. King was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. His supporters were devastated as would anyone on that day.

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Much of white America strongly disagreed with black equal rights activists seeing them as lesser beings to their supreme white skin shade. They founded such cultist groups as the KKK that berated the civil rights movement while torturing and slaughtering innocent black Americans. They were involved with the freedom rider bombing of 1961 when they ruthlessly blew up a Greyhound bus full of freedom riders as a way to sabotage the protest of unequal waiting areas in Greyhound bus stations. The racist white community was a dangerous and hostile enemy to the civil rights movement that will ultimately lead to King's untimely demise.

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King grew up and began to fight for the civil rights of the people with the same skin color as him. He rallied around in peaceful protest winning the hearts of many black Americans and some white Americans. His popularity won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 while his enthusiasm for equality reached new heights. He was arrested during civil rights demonstrations often and thrown in prison for disobeying the Jim Crow laws he was trying to defy against. He became the face of Black America as demonstrations grew more popular and as racist segregationists began to rebel.

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Born on January 15th, 1929, Young Martin, named Micheal at the time, lived with his grandparents in Atlanta Georgia. He and his father changed their names to Martin when the second child of three was still a boy. King's father was a Baptist minister at Ebeneezer Baptist church in Atlanta and had his children living comfortably in middle-class America in a large scale home. Being born to privilege, he recognized the troubles that other black people were going through and devoted his life to civil protest as an adult. Facing inequality as a child, King was educated on historical prejudice of Black people during his childhood that made him more motivated to stop the discrimination in the future. Martin was a driven young man who through his years as a baptist minister, developed excellent speaking skills which made all the more persuasive in his arguments as a leader for the civil rights movement and as a captain for change..

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This is a man who changed the face of civil rights as we know it. Through non-violent protest and strong language, he rallied people to fight for the betterment of the black community. He is known in homes across America and is treated as one of the smartest and passionate civil rights activists of the modern era. He wrote brilliant speeches such as the I Have A Dream speech which made its debut in the march on Washington and crafted outstanding letters like the Letter from a Birmingham Jail note written to rally civil rights supporters when he was imprisoned. His name is Martin Luther King Jr.