what did martin luther king jr do in his life?
Civil and political rights
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 The reputation of Martin Luther King soared after the protests in Birmingham , and he was lauded by many as a hero . The SCLC was much in demand to effect change in many Southern cities . In the summer of 1963 , King led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where he delivered his most famous speech , " I Have a Dream " . King became Time 's Man of the Year for 1963 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 . 

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 Martin Luther King Jr. was held in the Birmingham jail and was denied a consultation with an attorney from the NAACP without guards present . When historian Jonathan Bass wrote of the incident in 2001 , he noted that news of King 's incarceration was spread quickly by Wyatt Tee Walker , as planned . King 's supporters sent telegrams about his arrest to the White House . He could have been released on bail at any time , and jail administrators wished him to be released as soon as possible to avoid the media attention while King was in custody . However , campaign organizers offered no bail in order " to focus the attention of the media and national public opinion on the Birmingham situation " . 

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 Martin Luther was out walking when a thunderstorm began , causing him to pray to God for being saved and promising to become a monk . 

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 Up until one week before his death , Malcolm X continued to publicly advocate that black people should achieve advancement " by any means necessary " . 

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 The events of 1968 — the assassinations of Martin Luther King , Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy , the police riot in Chicago , and the election of Richard Nixon — left Ochs feeling disillusioned and depressed . The cover of his 1969 album Rehearsals for Retirement eerily portrays a tombstone with the words : 
