Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...

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Dr Martin Luther King Jnr promoted the idea that peaceful non-violent protests would gain public attention and sympathy, which would persuade courts, presidents and law-makers to end discrimination.