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Born in Atlanta, Georgia
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Ordained as a Baptist Minister
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Married Coretta Scott and settled in Montgomery, Alabama
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus, initiating the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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King spoke to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, D.C.
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Visited India to study Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence
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Arrested during unsuccessful movement in Albany, Georgia
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Wrote his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail after being arrested for protesting without a permit
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Campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama began
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King led Freedom Walk in Detroit with 125,000 people
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At the largest ever civil rights event, King made his "I Have a Dream" speech for 250,000 people
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Attended the signing of the Civil Rights Act at the White House
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Became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
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Assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
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A national holiday was established in honor of Dr. King
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Time from the launching of the Birmingham Campaign to the official desegregation of Birmingham
