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Got a B.A. degree from Morehouse College.
After graduating from high school at the age fifteen he went to the college of Morehouse the college his grandfather and his father went to. -
Became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery
After his dad had retired from pastor he became the pastor. -
Arrested and house was bombed
After going to the supreme court about saturated buses. He was arrested for personal abuse. Then his house was bombed at 12:00. -
Marched on Washington D.C.
He marched on to D.C. and addressed his speech “I have a dream” He was arrested 20 times and assaulted 4 times. -
Assassination
He was standing on his motel balcony in Memphis Tennessee he was assassinated.