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Michael Luther King Jr. was born; he was later renamed Martin. His mother, Alberta King was a school teacher and his father, Michael Luther King was a Baptist minister. |
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King graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. with a B.A. |
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King graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. |
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King married Coretta Scott. They eventually have 4 children. |
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The Kings moved to Montgomery, Alabama to preach at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. |
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King finished his Ph.D. in systematic theology. The bus movement started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person. |
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King was arrested for driving 30 mph in a 25 mph zone. His house was bombed just a few days later. |
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed and King was its first president. |
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King had his first book, "Stride Toward Freedom," published. |
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King visited India, the home of his hero, Mohandas Gandhi. King credits his success in civil rights to Gandhi's passive resistance techniques. |
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King left Atlanta to pastor his father's church,
Ebenezer Baptist Church.
King and other civil rights supporters participated in lunch counter sit-ins. |
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King met with President John F. Kennedy to discuss the importance of civil rights. |
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King delivered his famous "I Have A Dream Speech."
Over 250,000 civil rights supported attended this event at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington D.C.
King was named Time magazine's man of the year. |
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King had another book, "Why We Can't Wait" published
King won the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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King and 3200 people marched from Selma to Montgomery.
King met with President Lyndon B. Johnson and other leaders about voting rights for blacks. |
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King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray. Almost 100,000 people from all over the world walked with King's coffin in the street. |
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President Ronald Reagan declared Dr. King's birthday a national holiday. |