Thirty-two years after Martin Luther King Jr. was felled by an assassin's bullet in Memphis, Tennessee, he has become an idol, not only to America's black community for whose freedom he gave his life, but to all those who work for racial equality and justice all over the world. On January 15, the world commemorates the birthday of the slain civil rights leader, which President Ronald Reagan made an American public holiday in 1986.

As President of the Montgomery Improvement Association and later, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Martin Luther King fought for racial equality. His struggle formally began on 1st December 1955 - when Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. This sparked off the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was abruptly cut off by an assassin's bullet on April 4 1968 in Memphis while supporting striking sanitation workers.

Throughout his short but eventful life,......

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Title: Martin Luther King And Malcolm X
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