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King

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1.	Billie Jean (Mof·fitt) Audio Help [mof-it] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, born 1943, U.S. tennis player.

2.	Clarence, 1842–1901, U.S. geologist and cartographer.

3.	Co·ret·ta Scott [kaw-ret-uh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1927–2006, U.S. civil rights leader (widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.)

4.	Ernest Joseph, 1878–1956, U.S. naval officer.

5.	Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, U.S. Baptist minister: civil-rights leader; Nobel peace prize 1964.

6.	Maxine (“Micki”), born 1944, U.S. springboard diver.

7.	Richard, 1825–85, U.S. rancher and steamboat operator.

8.	Riley B. (“B.B.”), born 1925, U.S. blues singer and guitarist.

9.	Rufus, 1755–1827, U.S. political leader and statesman.

10.	Stephen, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

11.	William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874–1950, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48.

12.	William Rufus De·Vane Audio Help [duh-veyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1786–1853, vice president of the U.S. 1853.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1929-1968.
American cleric whose eloquence and commitment to nonviolent tactics formed the foundation of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Among the many peaceful demonstrations he led was the 1963 March on Washington, at which he delivered his "I have a dream" speech. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, four years before he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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