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leaders in the South. The idea of non-*
violent protest grew. Blacks joined
together to form the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference and
named King the president of the
group.
Civil Rights Leadership
A few years later, King traveled to
India to study Gandhi’s ideas on non
violent protest.
Armed with that information, King
moved to Atlanta during 1960 to
become copastor (with his father) of
Ebenezer Baptist Church. The move
helped King strengthen his role as
national leader of the civil rights
movement.
Many in the civil rights movement
disagreed with King’s non-violent
ideas. Some of them split off and
formed other groups to protest segre
gation. King led a major civil rights
campaign in Birmingham, Ala., during
1963. African-Americans participated
in voter registration efforts, and began
to experience more desegregation in
the South in education and housing.
King’s non-violent campaigns con
tinued to put him at odds with law
men. He was arrested several times,
and a year later, received the Nobel
Peace Prize for his efforts to spread
desegregation.
King led a protest in Washington,
D.C., during which he gave his
famous “I have a dream” speech in
front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Changing Concerns
The death of John Kennedy,
United States President, in late 1963
resulted in the passage of several new
anti-discrimination laws in the U.S.
Congress.
King began changing his focus,
too. He became increasingly opposed
to any violence. He recognized that
Southern communities were beginning
to desegregate, but that there were
problem areas in the North as well.
King also came to voice opposi
tion to the war in Vietnam and
blamed some of the difficulty on
resolving American society problems
on the disruption of the war.
When King took his protests to
Chicago, he met opposition from local
African-American leaders because of
his stands. Members of the Ku Klux
Klan and neo-Nazis attacked the pro
testers.
Many African-Americans resisted
joining King on his opposition to the
Vietnam war. King continued, and by
1967, had become linked with the
antiwar efforts in the country.
Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
King was determined to lead
another protest march in Washington.
As the priorities of King came more in
conflict with other African-American
leaders, he was challenged for his
leadership roles in the SCLC and
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other organizations.
In a speech given April 3, 1968, King
declared, “I have been to the mountain top
and seen the Promised Land.”
A day later, while he visited Memphis,
Tenn., King was shot and killed by an assas
sin.
Congress passed a law, and since 1986,
the third Monday in January has been
observed as a federal holiday in honor of the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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