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graduates with a bachelor of divinity degree, delivering the valedictory address at commencement
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King begins his graduate studies in systemic theology
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King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama
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King begins his pastorate in Montgomery, Alabama
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Yolanda Denise King
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Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, thousands calling for a one day boycott of city buses.
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King becomes president of MIA
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King receives a threatening phone call later in the evening prompting a spiritual revelation that fills him with strength to carry on his spite of persecution.
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While at mass his home is bombed, no one was injured. Angry crowd outside his house pleading nonviolence.
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U.S, supreme court affirms the lower court opinion Browder vs Gayle declaring Montgomery and Alabama bus segregation laws unconstitutional.
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King among the first to ride the buses in an integrated fashion
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Southern black ministers meet to talk about the fight against segregation.
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King is on the front cover
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King gives his first national address "Give Us The Ballot"
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Martin, lll
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King and other civil leaders meet with the President.
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published.
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Stabbed by Izola Ware Curry at a book signing.
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King goes on a month long visit to India where he meets with Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and many of his Gandi's follower
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King moves from Montgomery to Atlanta to devote more time to SCLC and the freedom struggle.
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King meets privately with the presidential candidate.
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King is arrested during a sit-in demonstration at Rich's department store in Atlanta.
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Dexter Scott
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King meets with Kennedy to urge him to issue a second Emancipation Proclamation to eliminate racial segregation.
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King is assaulted by a member of the American Nazi Party.
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Bernice Albertine
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King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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For the first and only time in Washington D.C.
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King arrested for demanding service at a all white-only restaurant.
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King receives the Noble Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway
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Voting rights marchers are beaten at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as they attempt to march to Montgomery.
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King and his wife move to an apartment in Chicago to draw attention to the city's poor housing conditions.
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King reveals his plans to organize a mass civil disobedience campaign to force the government to end poverty.
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King return to Memphis to lead a peaceful march and delivers his final speech .
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King is shot and killed while standing on a balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
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King is buried in Atlanta
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The first time the holiday was observed on January 20,1986 and today we celebrate MLK on the third Monday in January.