On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.was born in Atlanta,
Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate
degree in theology and in 1955 helped organize the first major
protest of the African American civil rights movement: the
successful Montgomery Bus Boycott.

On October 14, 1964, King won the Nobel Peace Prize for
combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance.

In his final years, he expanded his focus to include opposition
towards poverty and the Vietnam War.