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1) Nobel Peace Prize, 1964, which gave the Civil Rights global attention and helped move forward the movement in the US.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html

2) Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1965.
He obviously did not accomplish this alone, it took the work of millions of Americans, but King was a key spokesman.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100
http://www.historicaldocuments.com/CivilRightsAct1964.htm

3) Mongtgomerty Bus Boycott, 1954. King's first major civil disobedience action. Again, did it with thousands of others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/bus_boycott.html

4) Selma-Montgomery March, 1965.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al4.htm

5) Prolific writer and speaker.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/march40th/speeches.html

2006-11-15 08:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0 0

civil rights, civil rights and civil rights. true, he had a "dream" -- and the dream and the reality got mixed in the civil rights movement. hats off for his vision.

2006-11-15 07:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by s t 6 · 0 1

Well, he gave a speech....

2006-11-15 07:27:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

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