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On this day, Michael Luther King Jr. (later known as Martin Luther King Jr) was born, in Atlanta Georgia.
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Martin Luther left high school prior to graduation, due to early admittance into a college program
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decided to become a minister and delivered his first sermon in his father's church, in Atlanta, at age 18.
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Martin Luther King is appointed to serve as the assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
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Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from College in Atlanta with a B.A. in Sociology.
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He graduates with a Bachelor of Divinity degree at the age of 22, which enhances his ministry.
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Martin Luther King Jr. began studying systematic theology as a graduate student at Boston University.
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Martin marries Coretta Scott at her parents home in Marion, Alabama.
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Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give her seat on the bus to a white male passenger.
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Martin Luther King becomes the president of the Montgomery Improvement Association which was organized due to protest against the incident involving Rosa Parks and the bus boycott begins.
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Martin King Luther Jr's house is bombed, luckily nobody is injured.
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Dr. King meets with President Eisenhower to discuss business regarding segregeation.
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Dr. King is stabbed by a woman while at a book signing in Harlem, New York
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Dr. King is arrested for breaking the state of Georgia's trespassing law while picketing in Atlanta.
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Martin Luther King meets with President Kennedy to gain his support for the civil rights movement.
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Martin Luther King meets with President John F. Kennedy and after their meeting Dr. King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd at the Marched on Washington for Jobs and Freedom