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King was born in Atlanta, Georgia (Dixie on Auburn Avenue) to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. (Birth records for Martin Luther King Jr. list King Sr's first name as Michael, apparently due to some confusion on the part of the family doctor regarding the true name of King's father, who was known as Mike throughout his childhood.) He graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in 1948. At Morehouse, King was mentored by President Benjamin Mays, a civil rights leader. Later he graduat ...

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In 1966, after several successes in the South, King and other people in the civil rights organizations tried to spread the movement to the North, with Chicago as its first target. King and Ralph Abernathy moved into its slums on purpose as an educational experience and to demonstrate their support and empathy for the poor. They were both rather middle class folks, well-educated and of decent means, so they had to figure some way to connect. Abernathy could not stand the slums and secretly moved out after a short period. King stayed and wrote about how Coretta and his children suffered emotional problems fro ...

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Starting in 1965, King began to express doubts about the United States' role in the Vietnam War. On April 4, 1967 -- exactly one year before his death -- King spoke out strongly against the US's role in the war, insisting that the US was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the US government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." But he also argued that the country needed larger and broader moral changes: A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of povert ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr. - Background and family, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil rights activism, Martin Luther King, Jr. - The March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Chicago, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Further challenges, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Allegations of conspiracy, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Recent developments, Martin Luther King, Jr. - King and the FBI, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Awards and recognition, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Authorship issues, Martin Luther King, Jr. - Legacy

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In 1953, King became the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a leader of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott that began when Rosa Parks refused to comply with Jim Crow law and surrender her seat to a white man. The boycott lasted for 381 days. The situation became so tense that King's house was bombed. King was arrested during this campaign, which ended with a United States Supreme ...

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Che Guevara - Insurgent. Speculation on Guevara's whereabouts continued throughout 1966 and into 1967. Finally, in a speech at the 1967 May Day rally in Havana, the Acting Minister of the armed forces, Maj. Juan Almeida, announced that Guevara was "serving the revolution somewhere in Latin America". The persistent reports that he was leading the guerrillas in Bo ...

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Prior to the arrival of Europeans the Mahican people were closely associated with this region. The traditional trade route connecting the tribes of the Hudson and Connecticut River Valleys (today, Route 2 known as the Mohawk Trail) passes beneath the northern flank of Mount Greylock. The mountain was known to eighteenth century English settlers as Grand Hoosuc(k). In the early nineteenth century it was called Saddleback Mountain because of its appearance (Saddle Ball, the name of th ...

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Menudo - Beginning. Started in 1977 by Edgardo Diaz, it initially included two sets of brothers: Diaz's cousins Ricky Melendez, Carlos Melendez and Oscar Melendez, and Fernando and Nefty Sallaberry. In the next few years, Menudo toured Puerto Rico from shopping mall to shopping mall, from fiesta patronal (a citywide yearly celebration) to fiesta patronal. During this time, they scored a hit with "Los Fantasmas" and they were able to get a regular TV show on Telemundo canal 2 every Saturday night.

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Detective - Street work. Detectives have a wide variety of techniques available in conducting investigations. However, the majority of cases are solved by interrogation of suspects and witnesses, which takes time. In a policeman's career as a uniformed officer and as a detective, a detective develops an intuitive sense of the plausibility of suspect and witness accounts. This intuition may fail at times, but usually is reliable. Besides interrogations, detectives may rely on a network of informants they have cultivated over the years. Informants often have connections with perso ...

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United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. With roots dating back to 1907, it was once one of the three biggest news agencies in the world, with the Associated Press and Reuters, but has dwindled in size and continues to redefine itself. Today, it is owned by News World Communications, which is owned by the Unification Church. United Press International - History. United Press International - U ...

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King's reputation has grown to become one of the most revered names in American history. Today he is often compared with Abraham Lincoln, with supporters remarking that both men were leaders who strongly advanced human rights against poor odds, in a nation divided against itself on the issue - and were ultimately assassinated in part for it. Even posthumous accusations of marital infidelity, communism, and academic plagiarism have not seriously damaged his public reputation but merely reinforced the image of a very human hero and leader. Kin ...

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Besides winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, in 1965 the American Jewish Committee presented the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty." Reverend King said in his acceptance remarks, "Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free." The band U2 wrote the song "Pride (In the Name of Love)" as a tribute to Dr. King and his work. However, the song contains a historical error, as the first line of the last chorus (which refer ...

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King had a mutually antagonistic relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), especially its director, J. Edgar Hoover, who had deeply detested the civil rights leader. The FBI began tracking King and the SCLC in 1961. Its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The Bureau of Investigation suspected that Levison had been involved with the Communist Party, USA—to which another key King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Del ...

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King is also the basis for the comic book character Professor Charles Xavier, the leader of the X-Men. King was also featured in the January 20, 2005 installment of The Boondocks comic strip, in which young Michael Caesar imagines King enjoying his birthday celebration by engaging in a number of modern hip hop dances. A year later, King was the central figure in the January 15, 2006 episode of The Boondocks television series, "The Return of the King". The animated program depicted a fantasy world in which King was not fa ...

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Mississippi - Population. As of 2005, Mississippi has an estimated population of 2,921,088, which is an increase of 20,320, or 0.7%, from the prior year and an increase of 76,432, or 2.7%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 80,733 people (that is 228,849 births minus 148,116 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 75 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 10,653 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 10,578 people. The 2000 Census reported Missi ...

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On August 17, 1969, Category 5 Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi coast killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars). On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused even greater destruction across the entire 90 miles of Mississippi Gulf coast from Louisiana to Alabama. Mississippi in recent years has been noted for its political conservatism, improved civil rights record, and increasing industrialization. In addition, a decision in the 1990s to permit riverboat gambling has led to economic gains for t ...

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Mississippi was a center of the American Civil Rights Movement. While many in the state supported the effort to secure voting and other rights for African-Americans, the vocal opposition of many politicians and officials and the violent tactics of Ku Klux Klan members and sympathizers gave Mississippi a reputation as a reactionary state during the 1960s. The state was the last to repeal prohibition and to ratify the ...

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The Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina; it was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain. Land was purchased (generally through unequal treaties) from Native American tribes from 1800 to about 1830. Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817. ...

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King was assassinated the next evening, April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, while preparing to lead a local march in support of the predominantly black Memphis sanitation workers' union who was on strike at the time. Friends inside the motel room heard the shot fired and ran to the balcony to find King shot in the throat. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's hospital at 7:05 PM . The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities. Four days later, President Lyndon Johnson declared a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader ...

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Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Family and background, Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights activism, Martin Luther King Jr. - Stance on Affirmative Action, Martin Luther King Jr. - The March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. - Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. - Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. - Further challenges, Martin Luther King Jr. - Assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. - Allegations of conspiracy, Martin Luther King Jr. - Recent developments, Martin Luther King Jr. - King and the FBI, Martin Luther King Jr. - Awards and recognition, Martin Luther King Jr. - Authorship issues, Martin Luther King Jr. - Books by Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Legacy, Martin Luther King Jr. - King in Popular Culture, Martin Luther King Jr. - Coinage

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Starting in 1965, King began to express doubts about the United States' role in the Vietnam War. On April 4, 1967 -- exactly one year before his death -- King spoke out strongly against the US's role in the war, insisting that the US was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the US government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." But he also argued that the country needed larger and broader moral changes: A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of povert ...

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Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Family and background, Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights activism, Martin Luther King Jr. - Stance on Affirmative Action, Martin Luther King Jr. - The March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. - Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. - Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. - Further challenges, Martin Luther King Jr. - Assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. - Allegations of conspiracy, Martin Luther King Jr. - Recent developments, Martin Luther King Jr. - King and the FBI, Martin Luther King Jr. - Awards and recognition, Martin Luther King Jr. - Authorship issues, Martin Luther King Jr. - Books by Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Legacy, Martin Luther King Jr. - King in Popular Culture, Martin Luther King Jr. - Coinage

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Besides winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, in 1965 the American Jewish Committee presented the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty." Reverend King said in his acceptance remarks, "Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free." The band U2 wrote the song "Pride (In the Name of Love)" as a tribute to Dr. King and his work. However, the song contains a historical error, as the first line of the last chorus (which refer ...

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Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Family and background, Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights activism, Martin Luther King Jr. - The March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. - Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. - Further challenges, Martin Luther King Jr. - Assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. - Allegations of conspiracy, Martin Luther King Jr. - Recent developments, Martin Luther King Jr. - King and the FBI, Martin Luther King Jr. - Awards and recognition, Martin Luther King Jr. - Authorship issues, Martin Luther King Jr. - Books by Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Legacy, Martin Luther King Jr. - King in Popular Culture, Martin Luther King Jr. - Coinage

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King had a mutually antagonistic relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), especially its director, J. Edgar Hoover, who had deeply detested the civil rights leader. The FBI began tracking King and the SCLC in 1961. Its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The Bureau of Investigation suspected that Levison had been involved with the Communist Party, USA—to which another key King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Del ...

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Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Family and background, Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights activism, Martin Luther King Jr. - The March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. - Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. - Further challenges, Martin Luther King Jr. - Assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. - Allegations of conspiracy, Martin Luther King Jr. - Recent developments, Martin Luther King Jr. - King and the FBI, Martin Luther King Jr. - Awards and recognition, Martin Luther King Jr. - Authorship issues, Martin Luther King Jr. - Books by Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Legacy, Martin Luther King Jr. - King in Popular Culture, Martin Luther King Jr. - Coinage

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King was assassinated the next evening, April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, while preparing to lead a local march in support of the predominantly black Memphis sanitation workers' union which was on strike at the time. Friends inside the motel room heard the shot fired and ran to the balcony to find King shot in the throat. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's hospital at 7:05 PM . The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities. Four days later, President Lyndon Johnson declared a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader ...

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Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Family and background, Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights activism, Martin Luther King Jr. - The March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. - Chicago, Martin Luther King Jr. - Further challenges, Martin Luther King Jr. - Assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. - Allegations of conspiracy, Martin Luther King Jr. - Recent developments, Martin Luther King Jr. - King and the FBI, Martin Luther King Jr. - Awards and recognition, Martin Luther King Jr. - Authorship issues, Martin Luther King Jr. - Books by Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. - Legacy, Martin Luther King Jr. - King in Popular Culture, Martin Luther King Jr. - Coinage

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