Step 1 : Introduction to the question " Which social movement was Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader in? "
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Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, political philosopher, and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and '60s. He was a leader of the American civil rights movement. He organized many peaceful protests as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including the March on Washington in 1963.
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.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.
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Step 2 : Answer to the question " Which social movement was Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader in? "
Women's Suffrage:
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