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Dr. Martin Luther King AL269 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
Dr. King became pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in September, 1954. He led the Bus Boycott of 1955-56 as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. Leaving Montgomery in 1960 he went on to national leadership in civil rights, advocating non-violence. Accomplishments include: president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Selma-Montgomery March; March on Washington; Nobel Peace Prize. His work brought on a world social-humanitarian movement. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, during an effort to secure laborers' rights.
Alabama Histo3ric Association - 199
South Jackson Street at Key Street Montgomery County Alabama
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