Martin Luther King Jr.
- Prize
- Nobel Peace Prize — 1964for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population
- Citizenship
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United States - Languages
- English
- date of birth
- 1/15/1929
- place of birth
- Atlanta
- date of death
- 4/4/1968
- place of death
- St. Joseph's Hospital, Memphis
- Lived
- 39 years
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- educated at
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- Boston University
- academic major: systematic theology
- doctoral advisor: Lotan Harold DeWolf
- academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- start time: 1951
- end time: 6/5/1955
- Morehouse College
- academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
- academic major: sociology
- end time: 1948
- start time: 1944
- Crozer Theological Seminary
- academic degree: Bachelor of Divinity
- end time: 1951
- start time: 1948
- David T. Howard High School
- Washington High School
- Boston University School of Theology
- Candler School of Theology
- Boston University
- employer
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
- Ebenezer Baptist Church
- field of work
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- Baptist church
- homiletics
- pastoral care
- opinion journalism
- political activity
- peace movement
- civil rights
- racism
- politics
- racial segregation
- occupation
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- writer
- politician
- pastor
- preacher
- civil rights advocate
- pacifist
- opinion journalist
- religious leader
- peace activist
- parson
- cleric
- member of
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- Progressive National Baptist Convention
- Alpha Phi Alpha
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference