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In 3-5 sentences, explain how Martin Luther King, Jr. advanced the cause of civil rights.

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He was the driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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