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Martin Luther King Life Span
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Graduated from Morehouse College
Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from Morehouse College, and goes right on to study at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Atlanta. -
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married..
They moved to Montgomery Alabama. -
MLK Created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This included 60 black ministers from Atlanta. The group's mission was to fight against segregation and racism.On May 17th he gives a speech to 15,000 people in Washington D.C. -
Published First Book " Stride Toward Freedom"
Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act. He was stabbed in Harlem during the signing of his book. -
"I Have A Dream Speech"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDsUYTgkDSU Martin Luther King Jr speaks to over 250,000 during the March on Washington DC. -
Tragically Died
King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. -
Martin Luther King Day Declared
