Martin Luther King Jr. (Noun)
Meaning
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
- The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. continues to inspire civil rights movements around the world.
- Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his nonviolent resistance to racial inequality.
- The FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. was a major controversy during the civil rights era.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on the third Monday of January each year.