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Born in Atlanta
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Period: to
Martin Luther King Jr. lifespan
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Graduates High School
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Graduates Morehouse College with a BA in sociology
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Marries New England Conservatory music student Coretta Scott
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Becomes Minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
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Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University.
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The 26-year-old King leads boycott of segregated Montgomery buses, gains national reputation.
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King's house is bombed
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King helps found Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Writes Stride Toward Freedom, about the bus boycott.
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Visits India to study nonviolence and civil disobedience
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King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham
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King receives Nobel Peace Prize
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King and SCLC join voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery
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King plans Poor People's Campaign; advocates redistribution of wealth to eradicate black poverty.
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King is assassinated in Memphis