News :Dr. Martin Luther King was shot by a sniper 41 years ago this morning,in Memphis.

Dr. Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King,was shot by a sniper 41 years ago this morning in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 39 years old and King had been the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace prize in 1964, for his efforts to achieve civil rights reform through nonviolent protest. The legacy of his commitment to peace, democracy, equality as well as justice, continues t! o inform all of American politics to this day.

Dr. Martin Luther King leadership in the nonviolent protest movement that sought sweeping civil rights reform made him the most prominent unelected political leader in the nation, and eventually led to his birthday being named a national holiday. His famed "I have a dream" speech has been integrated into the canon of great American treatises on basic rights and liberties and is known the world over.

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