Shelbi Russey: Attempt Which of the following is a simple sentence?
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American minister and activist for civil rights in the
1950s and 1960s.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American minister who was also an activist for civil
rights in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American minister; later, in the 1950s and 1960s,
he was an activist for civil rights,
Martin Luther King Jr, who was an American minister, was also an activist, and
he fought for civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American minister and activist for civil rights in the  1950s and 1960s.

Explanation:

A simple sentence is made up of an independent clause along with one single subject and a verb with a compliment.

In the first option, there is a single independent clause which is that MLK was an American ministers and activist. The subject is MLK and the verb and compliment are the years he was active.

The other options have multiple clauses.

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