{"id":7507,"date":"2024-01-15T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireappraisalgroup.com\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2024-01-10T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T19:40:12","slug":"celebrate-dr-martin-luther-king-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireappraisalgroup.com\/celebrate-dr-martin-luther-king-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martin Luther King, Jr., original name\u00a0Michael King, Jr., (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta,\u00a0Georgia<\/a>, U.S.\u2014died April 4, 1968,\u00a0Memphis<\/a>, Tennessee),\u00a0Baptist<\/a>\u00a0minister and social activist who led the\u00a0civil rights movement<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0United States<\/a>\u00a0from the mid-1950s until his death by\u00a0assassination<\/a>\u00a0in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement\u2019s success in ending the legal\u00a0segregation<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0African Americans<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0South<\/a>\u00a0and other parts of the United States. King rose to national prominence as head of the\u00a0Southern Christian Leadership Conference<\/a>, which promoted\u00a0nonviolent tactics<\/a>, such as the massive\u00a0March on Washington<\/a>\u00a0(1963), to achieve\u00a0civil rights<\/a>. He was awarded the\u00a0Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>\u00a0in 1964.<\/p>\n All the best,<\/p>\n Dan Lindeman<\/p>\n 561-441-9298<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Martin Luther King, Jr., original name\u00a0Michael King, Jr., (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta,\u00a0Georgia, U.S.\u2014died April 4, 1968,\u00a0Memphis, Tennessee),\u00a0Baptist\u00a0minister and social activist who led the\u00a0civil rights movement\u00a0in the\u00a0United States\u00a0from the mid-1950s until his death by\u00a0assassination\u00a0in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement\u2019s success in ending the legal\u00a0segregation\u00a0of\u00a0African Americans\u00a0in the\u00a0South\u00a0and other parts of the United States. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n