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Later known as Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta Georgia.
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Martin Luther King Jr Timeline
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King starts freshman year of college at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. King's College Home Page
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King is appointed assistant pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Church Link
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King graduates from Morehouse College with bachelor of arts degree in sociology.
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King and Coretta Scott are married in Marion, Alabama.
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Yolanda Denise King, King's first child, is born. Yolanda talks about parents.
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King becomes MIA's president after mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church. Website on MIA
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King's second child is born, Martin the 3rd. Speaks with History Channel.
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King's meets President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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King is found guilty, by a white jury, of tax fraud in Montgomery.
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Bio King's third child is born.
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In a meeting with the president of the United States, King urges President JKF to issue a second Emancipation Prociamation to eliminate racial segregation. Kings Reaction to JFK death.
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The birth of King's fourth child.
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Time Magazine names King "Man of the Year".
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King meets Malcolm X in Washington, DC for the first and only time.
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King receives the Nobel Peace Prizes in Oslo, Norway. He uses every penney of the award money to go toward civil rights struggle. $54,000
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King's book Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? is published. Buy Book
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King is shot and killed in balcony at Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Announcing Death
