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MLK was born in Alanta, Georgia
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graduated from Booker T. Washington high school and went to morehouse college at age 15
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at the age of 19 MLK became a Baptist Minister
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Joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December On December 5, he is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott.
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On November 13, the Supreme Court rules that bus segregation is illegal, ensuring victory for the boycott.
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The March on Washington held August 28 is the largest civil rights demonstration in history with nearly 250,000 people in attendance. At the march, King makes his famous I Have a Dream speech
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On November 22, President Kennedy is assassinated.
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At sunset on April 4, Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
