Education & Leadership
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1950s–1960s
Leadership in nonviolent civil-rights action
What Martin contributed
Helped lead campaigns against segregation and for voting rights through nonviolent protest.
The story
King rose to national prominence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He helped lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, spoke at the March on Washington, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Why it matters
His organizing helped build public pressure for major civil-rights reforms.
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