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Michael King Sr. and his wife, Alberta, had Michael Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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In February 1948, Martin Luther King, Jr., became a Baptist minister
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Martin and Coretta Scott married in her home town of Marion, Alabama
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Martin Luther Kin Jr. published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom
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By early 1959, Dr. King had recovered enough to visit India for several weeks.
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Dr. King left his church in Montgomery to help his farther at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta
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More than 250,000 demonstrators joined the march on Wahington for Jobs and Freedom.
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On February 1, Dr. King and 770 others demonstrators were arrested in Selma, Alabama.
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On August 6, Dr. King and other African American leaders watched as President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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On April 4, 1968 Dr. King was shot to death on the balcony of his motel.
