Date of birth:

January 15, 1929(1929-01-15)

Place of birth:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Date of death:

April 4, 1968 (aged 39)

Place of death:

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Movement:

African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace Movement

Major organizations:

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Notable prizes:

Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous)
Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous)

Major monuments:

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (planned)