Martin Luther King, Jr.



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In 1963 Jesse Jackson participated in the March On Washington, a peaceful civil rights demonstration, and heard Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his famous speech, “I Have a Dream.” Throughout his career, King pressed for equal treatment and improved circumstances for blacks, organizing nonviolent protests and delivering powerful speeches. King became Jackson’s mentor and eventually his close associate.

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Civil Rights Movement in the United States; African American History; King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Jackson, Jesse (Louis); United States (History); Washington, D.C.; United States (People); Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; African American History; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr.

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