Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination, which most commonly affected African Americans.
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Awards & recognition
- Congressional Gold Medal · 2004
- Humanitarian of the Year · 1984
- United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights · 1978
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1977
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award — International Understanding · 1966
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- Margaret Sanger Awards · 1966
- Pacem in Terris Award · 1965
- Gandhi Peace Award · 1964
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1964
- Time Person of the Year · 1963
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 1959
- Spingarn Medal · 1957
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
- Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1964 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
I Am MLK Jr.
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
O.J.: Made in America
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
La Californie !
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
O.J.: Made in America
In Remembrance of Martin
Race for the White House
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Bobby Kennedy for President
13th
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Uncle Tom
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
The Corporation
Integration Report 1
Explained
The House I Live In
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
The War at Home
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Hesburgh
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Precious
When You're Strange
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Bill Russell: Legend
4 Little Girls
History 101
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Doors
MLK/FBI
King In The Wilderness
Ethel
Klansville U.S.A.
Nixon
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Imminent Threat