Martin Luther King Jr. and the struggle for Civil Rights

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Many individuals define the civil rights movement to be the collective efforts of African Americans to secure equal access to opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of a U.S. citizen. One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action, as a method for equality is, Martin Luther King Jr. King was an American clergyman and one of the principal leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States and a …

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