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[https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/17/us/martin-luther-king-jr-fast-facts by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 28/12/20 CNN] | [https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/17/us/martin-luther-king-jr-fast-facts by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 28/12/20 CNN] | ||
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was best known for his role in the civil rights movement and nonviolent protests. His life's work has been honored with a national holiday, schools and public buildings named after him, and a memorial on the National Mall in Washington. Take a look back at the late civil rights leader's defining years. Here, King speaks in Washington in 1968, the year he was assassinated. | The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was best known for his role in the civil rights movement and nonviolent protests. His life's work has been honored with a national holiday, schools and public buildings named after him, and a memorial on the National Mall in Washington. Take a look back at the late civil rights leader's defining years. Here, King speaks in Washington in 1968, the year he was assassinated. | ||
=====When I Met Dr. King===== | |||
[https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/when-i-met-dr-king by Charlayne Hunter-Gault 4/4/18 THE NEW YORKER] | |||
My one and only encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr., was during a chance meeting on what was then called “Sweet Auburn Avenue,” the prosperous hub of black-owned businesses in Atlanta. It was the summer of 1961, when King had earned the love and respect of the city’s young civil-rights demonstrators with whom he had marched. | |||
