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Martin Luther King Jr. was born
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Montgomery Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat and King led the Montgomery Bus Boycott for 385 days. -
SCLC
King and other civil rights activists founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). -
King arrested
King was arrested for the 13th time after the SCLC began a campaign against racial segregation and economic injustice in Birmingham, Alabama. -
I have a Dream
King made his famous "I jhave a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. -
King's Death
King was assassinated as he stood on his motel balcony at the age of 39.
