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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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He attended Booker T. Washington High School and graduated at age 15.
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Graduates from Morehouse College
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott got married June 18th, 1953 in Marion, Alabama.
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s first child Yolanda Denise King is born on November 17th 1955 in Montgomery Alabama.
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He joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1.
On December 5, he is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott. -
One of his famous speeches "I Had A Dream" was on August 28th, 1963 in Washingthon.
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He got the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice.
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The Supreme Court upholds a conviction of MLK by a Birmingham court for demonstrating without a permit. King spends four days in Birmingham jail.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennesse while giving a speech.
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On November 2, a national holiday is proclaimed in King's honor