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Birth Of Dr. King
In Atlanta, Georgia.
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He is an hero!
He Changed Peoples Life (: -
He Became A Preacher!
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When he finished school..
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Montgomery Improvement Association takes shape to coordinate boycott.
Black citizens in Montgomery begin a one-day bus boycott to protest the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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King’s house is bombed...
At 9:15 p.m., while King speaks at a mass meeting, his home is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured.
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Racists bomb black churches in Montgomery
Martin Luther King once called Birmingham "the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country
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Four little girls died of this bombing...
Addie Mae Collins 1949-1963
Cynthia Wesley 1949-1963
Denise McNair 1951-1963
Carole Robertson 1949-1963 http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/randall/birmingham.htmRobertson 1949-1963 -
A Great Quote He Said!
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/martin_luther_king_jr.html#ixzz1kPGPOFYS -
He's Very Important ..
Martin Luther King Jr. was the most important voice of the American civil rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all. -
The Nobel Peace Prize
I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice.
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When He Died..
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He's been dead for longer then he lived...
Martin Luther King Jr. has now been dead longer than he lived. But what an extraordinary life it was.