Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Activist

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Writing Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15th 1929 and got assassinated on 4 April 1968. His original name was Michael Luther King but his father decided to change it to Martin. Martin Luther King Jr was mostly famous for Civil Rights Activists. A Civil Rights Activist is a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups. He impacted on society massively in regards to Civil Rights MLK had some very inspirational quotes for all of us to be able to read, here are the 3 quotes that I think was most inspirational. Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve.

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