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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is born
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Attends Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga.
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King is ordained and appointed assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
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King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.
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Yolanda Denise King, the Kings’ first child, is born.
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King’s first book Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published.
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King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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King is buried in Atlanta
