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1929
Jan. 15: Michael King is born in Atlanta. His father changes the boy’s name, as well as his own, to Martin Luther King several years later. -
King gave his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream", before the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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King was arrested in 1963 for protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham.
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King was arrested in 1963 for protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham.