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Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His name was Micheal before martin. But his name changed not long after his birth. He was 2nd of three children born to his college educated parents.

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As an all black university, Morehouse College was fertile ground for the young Martin Luther King Jr., who entered the college as an early-admission student in 1944 at the age of 15. It was on the grounds of the only college in the world for African American men where he met great social activists, thinkers, theologians, and educators who became mentors.

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Martin Luther king jr. high school graduation

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Dr. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and had already graduated from Booker T. Washington High School by the time he was just 15-years old. That same year, in 1944, he was accepted into Morehouse College, and in 1948, he graduated from there with a B.A. degree in Sociology. He was only 19-years old.

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Dr.Martin Luther King jr. graduating highschool

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The meeting of Coretta scott and Dr.king

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The meeting of Coretta scott and Dr.king

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Coretta Scott met Martin Luther King, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts where they were both attending university; she at the New England Conservatory, and he at Boston University. They were married on June 18, 1953 and in September 1954 settled in Montgomery, Alabama where Dr. King had been appointed pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

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The meeting of Coretta scott and Dr.king

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The Marrige of correta Scott and Dr.king

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The Marrige of correta Scott and Dr.king

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Coretta Scott met Martin Luther King, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts where they were both attending university; she at the New England Conservatory, and he at Boston University. They were married on June 18, 1953 and in September 1954 settled in Montgomery, Alabama

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Dexter Parsonage Museum

On the evening of January 30, 1956, one month after the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott, the home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was bombed while his wife Coretta, seven-week-old daughter Yolanda, and a neighbor were inside. The front of the home was damaged but no one was injured.

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in an effort to replicate the successful strategy and tactics of the recently concluded Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.

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King is arrested during a sit-in demonstration at Rich’s department store in Atlanta. He is sentenced to four months of hard labor for violating probation conditions he had received earlier that year for driving with an out-of-state driver’s license. He is released on $2000 bond on 27 October.

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March on Washington for jobs and freedom

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March on Washington for jobs and freedom

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On 28 August 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation’s capital. The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. During this event, Martin Luther King delivered his memorable “I Have a Dream” speech.

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March on Washington for jobs and freedom

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At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King’s assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American cities. James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old escaped fugitive, later confessed to the crime and was sentenced to a 99-year prison term.