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Martin Luther King Jr is important to American History because he led the Why_was_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_important_to_American_Historywhich fought to gain equal rights for African Americans during a time when they faced various forms of racial discrimination. With the help of the thousands of supporters the movement succeeded when the Civil Rights act was signed by president Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964

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