Martin Luther King, Jr.
The most famous activist of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1929. Here King looks as if he is giving speech, although the location is unknown. Along with his nonviolent activism, King was well-known for his speeches such as his, "I have A Dream", "I've been to the Mountaintop", and "The Other America".
Below is a link to King's speeches and his speech in Rocky Mount, NC:
https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/5-martin-luther-king-j...
https://www.ncpedia.org/martin-luther-king-jr-speech-rocky-mount-1962
DeMarsico, Dick. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. half-length portrait, facing front]/ World Telegram & Sun photo. 1964. Gelatin silver prints and Portrait photographs. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/00651714/ (Accessed November 30, 2018)
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