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He was born in Atlanta,Georgia. He was the middle child.
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Entered the College as an early-admission student in 1944. He was 15.
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He graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in Sociology. He was 15.
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He graduated with a degree dealing with religion. He was a pastor.
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Searching for a multicultural community and a setting for his study of ethics and philosophy. He became “Dr. King” by earning a Ph.D. in systematic theology here in 1955.
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They have 4 kids.When they married she moved to Montgomery.
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He was searching for a multicultural community and a setting for his study of ethics and philosophy.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus then Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.
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MLK house was bombed in Montgomery, Alabama. Nearing his home, King saw a crowd of black men, some brandishing guns and knives, and a multitude of white policemen around his residence.
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The SCLC was formed around the same time as the Montgomery boycott. The main aim was to advance the cause of civil rights in America but in a non-violent manner.
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It is a historic account. He describes the conditions of African Americans living in Alabama during the era.
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Izola Ware Curry stabbed him. It was at a book signing
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He was going on a trip to India. He named Mahatma Gandhi as “the guiding light of our technique of non-violent social change”.
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The National Park Service has preserved the church, the crypts of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, and his birth home. He was a minister there.
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He was arrested along with 51 other people. He has been arrested multiple times for mostly protesting
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At least 436 individuals would ride buses and trains to make their point. They were assaulted by white mobs.
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It was during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He spoke it to call for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights.
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It was about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States. It was specifically aimed towards the 1963 Birmingham campaign.
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He was a platform for many blacks. He was he first african american published.
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He was the youngest winner of the prize. Dr. King said today that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to him was a tribute to millions of Americans who followed the precepts of nonviolence.
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It is also known as the Chicago open housing movement. It was also lead by James Bevel and Al Raby.
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It was King's last march. Working conditions were bad so James Lawson asked his friend King to come help.
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Two other buildings and their adjacent property, also connected with the King assassination, have been acquired as part of the museum complex.King received frequent death threats due to his prominence in the Civil Rights Movement.
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It was also known as the Holy Week Uprising.Itwas a wave of civil disturbance which swept the United States following the assassination of MLK.
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President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of every January, as MLK day.The first federal holiday honoring an African American is MLK day.
