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Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life
The major events and accomplishments in MLK Jr's life. -
Graduates highschool at age 15
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Receives Bachelors Degree in Sociology from Morehouse College at age 19
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Marries Coretta Scott (future mother of his 4 children)
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Becomes minister at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
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MLK Jr. begins the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s house gets bombed
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MLK is arrested and writes his "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
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Wins the Nobel Peace Price
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King is assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray
