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Micheal King Jr was born in Atlanta, Ga
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His grandmother died of a heart attack which caused him to attempt suicide.
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In his junior year of college, he made the life-changing decision to become a minister after taking a bible class.
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He met his wife and the got married and had four children.
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He became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama.
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He completed and earned his Ph.D. at the young age of 25.
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King and 61 other ministers founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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King fought to end segregation at the lunch counter so he staged sit-ins which lead to the arrest of King and hundreds of other people.
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This is the assemble 200,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial demanding equality for all. King gave his famous "I Have A Dream Speech."
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King was assassinated on the second story of a hotel.
