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Martin Luther King Jr. is a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King came from a comfortable middle-class family steeped in the tradition of the Southern Black ministry: both his father and maternal grandfather were Baptist preachers. His parents were college-educated, and King's father had succeeded his father-in-law as pastor of the prestigious Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. King's encounters with racial discrimination were mild but formative. The first significant one came when he began school. White playmates of his were to attend a different elementary school from his, and, once the year began, their parents no longer allowed King to come over and play. It was this instance of injustice that first led his mother to explain to him the history of slavery. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work in the civil rights movement. Some of his notable works include "I Have A Dream" speech and "Stride toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story".

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Martin Luther King Jr. is a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King came from a comfortable middle-class family steeped in the tradition of the Southern Black ministry: both his father and maternal grandfather were Baptist preachers. His parents were college-educated, and King's father had succeeded his father-in-law as pastor of the prestigious Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. King's encounters with racial discrimination were mild but formative. The first significant one came when he began school. White playmates of his were to attend a different elementary school from his, and, once the year began, their parents no longer allowed King to come over and play. It was this instance of injustice that first led his mother to explain to him the history of slavery. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work in the civil rights movement. Some of his notable works include "I Have A Dream" speech and "Stride toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story".

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