| LC control no. | n 79084324 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 |
| Variant(s) | Kiṅ, Mārṭṭin̲ Lūtar, 1929-1968 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1929-01-15 |
| Death date | 1968-04-04 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Sociology Theology |
| Affiliation | Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) Crozer Theological Seminary Boston University Southern Christian Leadership Conference Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Civil rights workers Nobel Prize winners |
| Found in | Stride toward freedom, 1958. Martin Luther King, Jr., c1999: page 8 (b. Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Ga.; d. 1968; co-pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta; graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1948; Ph.D. from Boston University; received Nobel Peace Prize) Mārṭṭin̲ Lūtar Kiṅ : in̲aver̲iyum paṭukolaiyum, 2004. Wikipedia, WWW, Mar. 2, 2011 (d. Apr. 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee; B.A. from Morehouse College in sociology in 1948; Bachelor of Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1951; Ph.D. from Boston University in 1955; helped to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; pastor, civil rights activist) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, August 15, 2014: (King, Martin Luther Jr.; Michael King Jr.; baptist clergyperson, civil rights activist, murder victim, Nobel Prize winner; born 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; In 1934 the elder King changed his name and that of his son to Martin Luther King; attended Morehouse College in Atlanta (1944-1948) and was ordained during his final semester; earned a degree at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania (1951); completed a PhD at Boston University (1955); first post as a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama (1955); founding president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) (1957); co-pastor, with his father, of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta (1960); lead the Birmingham campaign initiated by SCLC; his speech at the 28 August 1963 March on Washington was the culmination of a wave of civil rights protest activity; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1964); assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (1968); President Barack Obama officially dedicated the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in West Potomac Park on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on 16 October 2011; died 04 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) |
| Equivalent(s) | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 |
| National bib agency no. | 1000C2216E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98011560 |
| Quality code | nlc |
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