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Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929. He was destined to free many black slaves and to bring peace to the black.
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King sang with his church choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie Gone with the Wind.
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On 1948, he graduates MoreHouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology.
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Martin Luther King marries Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953.
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On this date Izola Curry stabs Martin and tries to murder him. Fortunately Martin escapes the murder.
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Martin goes to India to see Gandhi's birthplace. Gandhi was a great inspiration to him.
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The march originally was conceived as an event to dramatize the desperate condition of blacks in the southern United States.
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King is most famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech, given in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on this date. He was killed outside the Lorraine motel which is in Memphis, Tennessee.