King, Martin Luther: - "The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., (1929 - 1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century's most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in U.S. history, his speeches, sermons, and writings are inspirational and timeless. Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennsessee, on April 4, 1968. Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006), the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., was an American author and human rights activist. The Reverend Dr. Raphael G. Warnock is senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."