Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, American clergyman and the best Nobel Peace Prize winner on the face of this planet, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and well-known supporter of nonviolent protest. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause of civil rights in the United States. After …showed first 75 words of 442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 442 total…research institute in Atlanta where his tomb is located. The King Center is located at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, which includes Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's birthplace and the Ebenezer Church. Perhaps the most important memorial is the national holiday in King's honor, designated by the Congress of the United States in 1983 and observed on the third Monday in January, a day that falls on or near King's birthday of January 15.