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Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia to Alberta King Michael Luther King. His mother was a teacher and his father was a Baptist Minister.
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He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was accepted into Morehouse College at the age of 15.
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Martin graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 and enters the Seminary. He is ordained into the Baptist Ministry at the age of 19.
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King marries Coretta Scott and lives in Montgomery, Alabama.
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King forms the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight segregation and achieve civil rights.
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King appears on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year.
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The Supreme Court upholds a conviction of MLK by a Birmingham court for demonstrating without a permit. King spends four days in Birmingham jail.
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Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tenneesee while trying to show support during a worker's strike. Riots started around the united states.
