@bunnyboo1243 creation: In Honor of #blackhistorymonth- The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Captured here with his loving wife Coretta Scott King and his adoring children, Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter King and Bernice King.