When Martin Luther King Jr. died, the nation lost a leader in the .

Martin Luther King Jr. was a leading figure in the civil rights movement and advocated nonviolent protest to challenge racial segregation and discrimination. His death in 1968 meant the nation lost a prominent leader in the nonviolence movement. The Great Society and New Frontier were government programs associated with presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, respectively.

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