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Birth
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Span of Life
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Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was admitted to Morehouse College at age 15.
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Marries Coretta Scott
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Joins the bus boycott and he is elected president making him the official spokesman for the boycott.
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Supreme Court rules that bus segregation is illegal
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Stabbed while on a speaking tour and nearly died.
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King's book "Stride Toward Freedom" is published
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Gave famous "I have a dream" speech during the march for freedom.
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Luther is shot while on the balcony of a motel and died