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Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a leader of the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He championed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight racial segregation and discrimination under Jim Crow laws. King led significant campaigns and protests, including the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, the Birmingham campaign, and the 1963 March on Washington where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. He also played a crucial role in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 which helped lead to the Voting Rights Act. His work contributed to pivotal legislative achievements such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his nonviolent struggle for civil rights. Throughout his leadership, King advocated for racial equality, economic justice, and international peace using peaceful protest and inspiring speeches and writings such as the "Letter from Birmingham Jail".