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Born
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, GA -
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Lifetime of MLK
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graduated
he received his B.A degree from Morehouse College -
Married
King married Coretta Scott with who he had four children -
Dr. King
King received his Ph.D degree from Boston University -
boycott
King spoke to nearly 5,000 people to the boycott of the Montgomery buses until the desegregation of the buses -
house
King's house was bombed, but his family was safe -
SCLC
Martin Luther King Jr. was elected president of Southern Christian Leadership Conferance -
Ghana
King participated to the celebration of independence of the new born African country Ghana he met the prime minister Kwame Nkrumah. -
NIXON
King Ralph D. Abernathy meet with Vice President Richard M. Nixon -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
King meet with the president Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington -
arrested
king was arrested during a sit-in in Atlanta and release one week after on $2,000 bond for violating a suspended sentence. -
Albany
King was arrested again in Albany, Georgia, he spent 2 weeks inn jail. -
Famous speech "I have a dream"
About 250,000 people were present to listen to his speech -
New York
King's inaugural speech at "The American Race Crisis" -
Malcom X
King met with Malcom X -
arrested
King was arrested for asking service in white restaurant in St. Augustine, Florida. -
Nobel Peace Prize
King received a nobel peace prize for his non-violent movement -
March
King, James Forman, and John Lewis lead civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery -
Memphis
King conduct a march to support " striking sanitation workers in Memphis" -
King assassinated
King was assassinated when he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel (now civil right Museum) -
Buried
King is buried in Atlanta
