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Black History from Pittsburgh
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We
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The
Week of January 14, 2007: IN BLACK
HISTORY
READ MORE ABOUT REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HERE REST IN PEACE: (R.I.P.)
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political
activist, and a Baptist minister. In
1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and
equal treatment for different races). On
April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
In
1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established
as a United States holiday, only the fourth Federal holiday to
honor an individual (the other three being in honor of Jesus of
Nazareth, George Washington, and Christopher Columbus). In
2004, King was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
He was known as a great public speaker. Dr. King often called
for personal responsibility in fostering world peace. King's
most influential and well-known public address is the "I
Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
