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Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia
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He attended David T. Howard Elementary, Atlanta University Laboratory School, and Booker T. Washington High school
He was accepted into Morehouse college, but without graduating high school -
MLK earned his license to preach
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Martin graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in Sociology
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He enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania
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King graduates from Crozer with a Bachelor of Divinity degree
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He gets married to Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama
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King receives a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston University
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Yolanda Denise King, the Kings' first born, is born in Montgomery, Alabama
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Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man
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segregation and boycotting is happing a lot in the Montgomery, Alabama area
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King is arrested, charged for driving 30 mph in a 25 mph zone, he was soon after released
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A United States District Court ruled that racial segregation on city bus lines was unconstitutional
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King was the spotlight for Time magazine
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the civil rights Commission and the civil rights Division of the Department of Justice were passed by Congress
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Martin Luther III was born
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The King family moves back to Atlanta
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Dexter Scott King was born
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King is tried and convicted for leading the December March in Albany, Georgia
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Bernice Albertine King was born
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the march on Washington, when MLK gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech
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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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Dr. King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway
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Malcolm X, leader of the Organization of Afro-American Unity was murdered in New York, New York
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The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson
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MLK gives his last speech "i've been to the top of the mountain tops" is givin at Mason Temple Memphis
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at his motel in memphis, he died at St. Joseph's Hospital
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Dr. King was buried in Atlanta Georgia