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In 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated while he was leading a workers' strike in Memphis, Tennessee. White people and black people who had worked so hard for peace and civil rights were shocked and angry. The world grieved the loss of this man of peace.
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At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
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In recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the University has assembled a variety of programs to cause reflection on the life and legacy of Dr. King. The offerings include lectures, service opportunities, discussions, films, music and theater. Highlights of the program included keynote addresses by former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman and civil rights attorney and activist Eva Jefferson Paterson (WCAS71), President and Founder of the Equal Justice Society on the Evanston campus. The Chicago campus will feature an address by Theodore M. Shaw, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights law firm.
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The Johns Hopkins Institutions' annual tradition of honoring the memory of civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr. with tributes, music and community service awards began in 1982. The highly anticipated event recognizes King's legacy of nonviolent activism and community service. More information is available at http://www.jhu.edu/~outreach/mlk/.
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For years, the motel where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 stood amid dilapidated warehouses, a crumbling memorial to the civil rights leader. But this week, the Lorraine Motel celebrates its rebirth as the National Civil Rights Museum.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. might not have imagined eight-digit salaries or Madison Avenue sponsorships for American black athletes, but the social reformer would likely be disappointed by other aspects of today's sporting landscape. In his book, Souled Out?
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