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He was born in Alabama, Georgia.
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At the age of 15, he began his first year at Morehouse College.
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He began working as a pastor at the Baptist Church on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama.
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A bomb exploded at Martin in Montgomery's house. The bomb did not cause any deaths.
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Martin called a meeting of all the black leaders of the south of the country in the church of Ebenezer, where they founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the S.C.L.C. (Conference of Christian Leaders of the South).
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On September 19, they tried to assassinate Martin when he was signing copies of his book March to Freedom in the Blumstein department store in Harlem, New York.
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Martin fulfilled the desire of his whole life by undertaking with his wife a trip through several cities of India following the trail and spirit of Gandhi.
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Martin was arrested again in Atlanta during one of the many sit-ins that the S.C.L.C. promoted throughout the country.
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Martin gave his most famous speech "I have a dream" in Washington, D.C. in front of 250,000 people.
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Martin received the Nobel Prize in La Paz.
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Martin met with President Johnson to get the right to vote for blacks.
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Martin fell mortally wounded after being hit by a bullet from the Remington rifle fired by hit man James Ray.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a national holiday. It is celebrated every year on the third Monday of the month of January.