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King's grandfather was pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931. King's father has served from then until the present. MLK served as co-pastor with his father from 1960 until his death in 1968.
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Martin Luther King served as a pastor for Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He was a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This was a leading civil rights group in the nation.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider.
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Martin Luther King led the infamous Bus Boycott. This protest lasted 13 months which led to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
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"In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles." (Nobel Prize)
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King elected President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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An open letter written by King explaining that people have a moral responsibility to break unfair laws and take action.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. His audience consisted of 250,000 people.