Martin Luther King was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the ____ movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. The goal of this movement was securing legal rights for African Americans. Encompassing strategies, various groups, and organized social movements to accomplish the goals of ending legalized racial ____ and ____ in the United States, the movement, using major ____ campaigns, eventually secured new recognition in ____ law and federal protection of all Americans. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He also helped organise the 1963 ____ in Washington, where he delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. On October 14, 1964 King won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial ____ through non-violent resistance. In his final years, he expanded his focus to include ____ towards poverty. In 1968 he was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee; ____ followed in many U.S. cities.

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