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RESEARCH PAPER Martin Luther King, Jr. was an extraordinary man. He believed in equality for all humans on earth no matter what the color is of their skin. He proved this to our once segregated nation by doing things that many of us would have never been brave enough to carry out, much less begin. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) began a movement that swept across our nation and made us realize that we are all equal and everyone one deserves to be treated fairly and most importantly, equally. He set out on a life long quest for integration of the African American people so that they could have the same rights as the Caucasian people. He was highly persecuted throughout his own life and that of his family’s was in danger regularly because of the leadership role he played in the spurring on the civil rights movement. MLK believed in a very just cause and he was relentless and non-violent in his fight for freedom and equality, even though it ended up costing him his life. I think that Martin Luther King, Jr. is a happy man knowing that what he began so many years ago has dramatically changed our nation, for the better, forever. In 1955, Rosa Parks was coming home from a long day at work as a seamstress. She was tired and j