MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. On January 19th, 1929, in the big city of Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr., the man who would forever change the course of the civil rights movement for blacks in America, was born. On this day, the man who would incredibly change the lives of African Americans would come into life, and the process in which he would effect the major aspects of the movement would begin. Martin Luther King, Jr. …showed first 75 words of 1993 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1993 total…they had. Overall, King was probably the most influential person in all of the civil rights movement. His great leadership quality and tremendous speeches moved the nation as whole to be persuaded to confront the civil rights issue. His fight eventually led to his assassination on April 4th, 1968, but Dr. King did not die in vein. He died for the cause of his people, and like he said, the fight continued even after his death.