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Born
Martin Luther King Jr. was born.
This is important because he will later go on to change the way the U.S. thinks. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998). In Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=BIC1&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE|K1631003624&userGroupName=colu24091&jsid=d838aa4ec67eb1c4dd9a8665de1bd54b -
Busses
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat King and several others called a meating. They used this meeting to urge African Americans to boycott the busses. This is important because the segregation rules were then ruled unfair. This was the first victory for African Americans.
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SCLC
Around 60 African American ministers banned together to form Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King was elected the president. This is important because SCLC was one of the major civil rights groups.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998). In Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=BIC1&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631003624&user -
Atlanta
King moved his family to Atlanta to work at a church with his father. This is important because Ralph Abernathy followed and they worked in tandem for the rest of King's lifetime.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998). In Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=BIC1&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631003624&userGroupName=colu24091&jsid=d838 -
Freedom Walk
125,000 people gathered to march in the streets on this day. This is important because this is when he gave his famous speech "Let Freedom Ring".
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Civil Rights Struggle
King and several other leaders were invited to Albany, Ga to support the civil rights struggle. This is important because King was later arrested, but released.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998). In Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&prodId=BIC1&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631003624&userGroupName=colu24091&jsid=d838aa4ec67eb1c4dd9a866
