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MLK was born January 15th 1929 in Atlanta Georgia
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MLK gets his first letter published stating that blacks should have basic and the same rights as white people
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MLK Graduated from Morehouse college at 19 with a major in sociology, The major of sociology is functioning of human society and the study of social problems
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Dr. King married Coretta Scott and she because the person that was always in his corner. This also led to the start of their family when their first kid was born in 1955
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MLK leads a bus boycott after Rosa Parks is forced off the bus. This boycott ended up being a full year from 1955 to 1956
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In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and sent to jail because he and others were protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. A court had ordered that King could not hold protests in Birmingham. Birmingham in 1963 was a hard place for blacks to live in.
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MLK wrote this letter from jail letting know he was alright and still has the same mission when he gets out
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The I have a dream speech is one of the most famous speeches ever at the Lincoln monument in front of thousands and many different races you can tell how far he has came
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In October of that year, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He donated the prize money, valued at $54,600, to the civil rights movement.
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The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
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The mason Temple speech was Dr.Kings last speech and it was the day before he was shot and killed
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MLK was assassinated on April 4th at hotel
