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martin luther king was born
He was born in Atlanta, Ga -
Martin Luther King Jr. entered public school at age 5.
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Martian Luther skipped both 9th and 11th grade and entered Morehouse College
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Martin Luther King Jr. earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College and attended the liberal Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania
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Dr. King led the SCLC
It was in the mid 50's -
Martian Luther King married Corretta Scott
they had one child together named Alberta -
King and 75 students entered a local department store and requested lunch-counter service but were denied.
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the historic March on Washington drew more than 200,000 people in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial
it was the "I have A Dream" speech -
played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and also created the Civil Right Acts
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Martain Luther king won Noble Peace prize
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Civil Rights March Selma To Alabama turn violent
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a procession of 2,500 marchers, both black and white, set out once again to cross the Pettus Bridge and confronted barricades and state troopers.
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Created the Voting Rights
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King and the SCLC embarked on an ambitious program known as the Poor People’s Campaign, which was to include a massive march on the capital.
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King was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, where he had traveled to support a sanitation workers’ strike.
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James Earl Ray pleaded to the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.