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Birth
Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta -
Graduation
Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from high school at age 15 -
Minister
He becomes minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama -
Boycott
Leads boycott of Montgomery buses at age 26 -
Stride Toward Freedom
King writes Stride toward freedom which is about the bus boycott -
Arrest
King is arrested in Birmingham and he writes Letter From Birmingham City Jail -
I Have a Dream Speech
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Death
King is assassinated in Memphis
