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Martin Luther King, Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia
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Becomes an Ordained Minister
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Marries Coretta Scott
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Arrested for the first time, for a traffic violation
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Martin Luther King, III is born.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Visit India
They study Mahatma Ghandi's methods of non violent protest -
Meets with President John F. Kennedy and delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
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Accepted the Nobel Peace Prize
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Delivers his last speech - "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN.
Escaped convict James Earl Ray is later found guilty of the murder.
