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Martin Luther King Jr. was 26 years old when he took a leadership role in the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. He had recently become the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama and was thrust into the national spotlight as a result of his leadership in the boycott. King's role in the civil rights movement continued to grow, and he became one of the most prominent leaders of the movement until his assassination in 1968.