Martin Luther King Jr.
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Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose campaigns for racial equality forced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, giving enforcement teeth to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. The FBI conducted warrantless surveillance of him for years under COINTELPRO — a direct violation of the First and Fourth Amendments.
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Nov 18, 1975 · investigation
Church Committee Exposes COINTELPRO and NSA Project SHAMROCK
Oct 22, 1968 · legislation
LBJ Signs Gun Control Act of 1968, Expanding ATF Firearms Jurisdiction
Apr 11, 1968 · legislative
Johnson signs Fair Housing Act four days after MLK assassination outlawing racial discrimination
Aug 6, 1965 · executive
Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, banning literacy tests and creating federal preclearance
Aug 6, 1965 · legislative
Johnson signs Voting Rights Act banning literacy tests and mandating federal preclearance
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