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Martin Luther King Martin Luther King, Jr. , (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American pastor, activist,   humanitarian , and leader in the  African-American Civil Rights Movement . He is best known for his role in the advancement of   civil rights   using   nonviolent   civil disobedience   based on his   Christian   beliefs. He was born   Michael King , but   his father   changed his name in honor of the   German   reformer   Martin Luther . A   Baptist   minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955   Montgomery Bus Boycott   and helped found the   Southern Christian Leadership Conference   (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful struggle against segregation in   Albany, Georgia , in 1962, and organized nonviolent protests in   Birmingham, Alabama , that attrac...

Rukmini Devi Arundale, founder of Kalakshetra The Founder Main article :  Rukmini Devi Arundale Rukmini Devi Arundale, founder of Kalakshetra Kalakshetra, later known as the Kalakshetra Foundation was established by  Smt.   Rukmini Devi Arundale , along with her husband, Dr.  George Arundale , a known  theosophist , in  Adyar , Chennai in 1936. She not only invited the best of students, but also noted teachers, musicians and artists to be a part of this institution. Yearlong celebrations, including lectures, seminars and festivals marked her 100th birth anniversary, on February 29, in 2004 at Kalakshetra and elsewhere in many parts of the world, also on February 29, a photo exhibition on her life opened at the Lalit Kala Gallery in New Delhi, and on the same day, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam released a photo-biography, written and compiled by Dr.  Sunil Kothari  with a foreword by former president  R. Venkataraman . ...