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Michael King, later known as Martin Luther King, Jr., is born at 501 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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King begins his freshman year at Morehouse College in Atlanta.At the age of 15
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King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College.
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King graduates from Crozer with a bachelor of divinity degree, delivering the valedictory address at commencement.
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King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.
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King begins his pastorate at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
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King is awarded his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University.
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Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to vacate her seat and move to the rear of a city bus in Montgomery to make way for a white passenger. Jo Ann Robinson and other Women’s Political Council members mimeograph thousands of leaflets calling for a one-day boycott of the city’s buses on Monday, 5 December.
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At a mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church, the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) is formed. King becomes its president.