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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on january 15, 1929. He was born with the name Michael Luther king Jr., but later changed it. He had a grandfather who began their families long tradition of pasters.
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Martin Luther King is appointed to serve as the assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. This was when he started his turn in the family tradtion.
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MLk marries Coretta Scott at her parents house in Marion, Alabama. His wife was the youngest daughter in her family.
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On April 12, 1963, Martin Luther King gets arrested. He gets arrested at a Sit- in domonstration in Birmingham. Then they protested against public eating facilities.
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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King delivers one of the most famous speeches in history. It was called "I Have a Dream" and it was spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He spoke in front of a large crowd almost 250,000 people came to watch.
