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Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia
Parents: Father: Michael Luther King (Baptist minister)
Mother: Alberta King (school teacher) -
Martin begins studying systematic theology as a graduate student at Boston University.
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Martin Luther King Jr. marries Coretta Scott at her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama. Coretta was the younger daughter of Obadiah and Bernice McMurray Scott.
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Martin's house was bombed. There were no injuries or deaths.
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Dr.King is arrested at a Sit-in demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama protesting against public eating facilities.
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In Martin's Birmingham cell Dr. King writes about his concerns on the pace of justice in civil rights for Black Americans in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail".
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of about 250,000 people at the Marched on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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While standing on the balcony at the Lorraine in Memphis, Tennessee Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed.
He was killed by James Earl Ray. He was 39 years old when he died. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. More than 300,000 people marched through Atlanta with his coffin. He is buried in South View Cemetery, Atlanta.
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James Earl Ray, the convicted killer of Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He later died in prison because of liver failure.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a national holiday in the United States.
