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By Hannah Hutyra Keepinspiring.me Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was a pivotal advocate for African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The nation observes Dr. King’s birthday this year on January 18. King experienced racism from an early age, and those […]

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