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Martin Luther King Jr. was the foremost leader of the American Civil Rights Movement who advocated for racial equality through nonviolent protest in the 1950s-60s. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) emerged as the most influential leader of the American Civil Rights Movement during the pivotal decades following World War II. In an era marked by entrenched racial segregation and discrimination, King advanced a strategy of nonviolent civil disobedience inspired by Gandhi's principles and his own Christian faith. Leading campaigns from the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott through the 1963 March on Washington (where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech) to the 1965 Selma voting rights marches, King confronted systemic inequality while appealing to America's founding ideals. His leadership contributed directly to landmark legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. In his later years, King expanded his focus to economic justice and opposition to the Vietnam War before his assassination in 1968. His legacy fundamentally transformed American society and inspired human rights movements worldwide.

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