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The most famous activist of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1929. Here King looks as if he is giving speech, although the location is unknown. Along with his nonviolent activism, King was well-known for his speeches such as his, "I have A Dream", "I've been to the Mountaintop", and "The Other America".
Below is a link to King's speeches and his speech in Rocky Mount, NC:
https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/5-martin-luther-king-j...
https://www.ncpedia.org/martin-luther-king-jr-speech-rocky-mount-1962
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LinkDeMarsico, Dick. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing front]. 1964. Photograph. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c26559/. Accessed February 20, 2026.
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DeMarsico, Dick. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing front]. 1964. Photograph. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c26559/. Accessed February 20, 2026.