Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January. He was born on January 15, 1929.
ພາບກ່ຽວກັບທ່ານ Martin Luther King Jr.
![Martin Luther King, Jr. is welcomed by Baptist youths on arrival in Oslo, Norway, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, December 8, 1964.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3de3e95d-edbd-424d-9d7c-85f077c7b0a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is welcomed by Baptist youths on arrival in Oslo, Norway, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, December 8, 1964.
![Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, speaks at a news conference next to John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, in Baltimore, Maryland, April 2, 1965.](https://gdb.voanews.com/22b4cda9-cc03-4267-8c01-1e750daba4e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, speaks at a news conference next to John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, in Baltimore, Maryland, April 2, 1965.
![Martin Luther King, Jr. chats with his wife, Coretta, left, and civil rights champion Constance Baker Motley before the start of an S.C.L.C. banquet, Birmingham, Alabama, August 9, 1965.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f179dd07-5b10-4f95-a088-6f82b60d5faf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. chats with his wife, Coretta, left, and civil rights champion Constance Baker Motley before the start of an S.C.L.C. banquet, Birmingham, Alabama, August 9, 1965.
![This April 1968 photo released by the MLK Jr. National Historic Site shows the body of Martin Luther King Jr. being carried to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/MLK Jr. National Historic Site,Courtesy of Bob Adelman)](https://gdb.voanews.com/02e38080-c09d-402d-aeef-7bcc812ad8b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This April 1968 photo released by the MLK Jr. National Historic Site shows the body of Martin Luther King Jr. being carried to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/MLK Jr. National Historic Site,Courtesy of Bob Adelman)