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Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • Begin

    Begin

    Born on January 15 to the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr.and Alberta Williams King
  • Married

    Married

    June 18. King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Ala..
  • "I Have a Dream"

    "I Have a Dream"

    250,000 civil-rights supporters attended the March on Washington. At the Lincoln Memorial, King delivers the famous "I have a dream" speech.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    King wins Nobel Peace Prize
  • Register to vote

    Register to vote

    King successfully registers to vote at the Hotel Albert in Selma, Ala. and is assaulted by James George Robinson of Birmingham.
  • Montgomery March

    Montgomery March

    King and 3,200 people begin the march from Selma to Montgomery.
  • Assassination

    Assassination

    King is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., by James Earl Ray.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    The first national celebration of King's birthday as a holiday.