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Martin L.King was born
The Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr.
Home: 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia -
Schools
Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was admitted to Morehouse College at age 15. -
END of College
Graduates from Morehouse College and enters Crozer Theological Seminary.
Ordained to the Baptist ministry, February 25, 1948, at age 19. -
Book of kings
•King's first book published, "Stride Toward Freedom" (Harper), his recollections of the Montgomery bus boycott. While King is promoting his book in a Harlem book store, an African American woman stabs him. -
friend killed
•Malcolm X is murdered Feb. 21, 1965. Three men are convicted of his murder. -
fight
•March 16-21. King and 3,200 people march from Selma to Montgomery. -
king passed away
•April 4. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., by James Earl Ray. -
a day to make king known
•January 20 is the first national celebration of King's birthday as a holiday.
