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Bus Boycott
He first came to national prominence during a bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama. -
He founded the SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
He led the SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
Instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act
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He won the Nobel Prize for Peace
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Voting Rights Act
outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, facilities, and employment, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Assassinated