Martin Luther King Jr's son says while the US administration was "attempting to turn the clock back" on equal rights, ...
The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.
1948 – Is ordained a Baptist minister. 1954 – Becomes the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. December 1, 1955 – Seamstress and civil rights activist Rosa Parks refuses to ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent Black civil rights activist and Baptist minister from Atlanta.