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Dexter Avenue Baptist Church |
Montgomery, AL |
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Pastorium, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church |
Montgomery, AL |
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Martin Luther King Jr Historic District (Boundary Increase) |
Atlanta, GA |
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1929/01/15 |
Martin Luther King Jr is born at his grandparents home in an upstairs bedroom at 501 Auburn Ave. |
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Martin Luther King Jr's Birthplace |
Atlanta, GA |
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Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday |
1939/12/15 |
Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir, an all-black boys choir directed by the Revend Martin Luther King Sr, sings at the premiere of Gone With The Wind. |
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Gone with the Wind (film) |
Degive's Grand Opera House |
Atlanta, GA |
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Gone with the Wind Premiere |
1941/05/18 |
Michael King Jr's (MLK) grandmother dies of a heart attack. Soon afterwards the King family moves to a new home at 193 Boulevard. |
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Martin Luther King Jr Historic District |
Atlanta, GA |
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1953/06/18 |
Coretta Scott marries Martin Luther King outside her parents' house in Heiberger, Alabama. |
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1958/02/11 |
Prohibited by the city from speaking publicly in Greensboro, Rev Martin Luther King delivers a speech, "A Realistic Look At Race Relations", at the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel, Bennett College. |
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Bennett College Historic District |
Greensboro |
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1960/03/13 |
With a clear, ringing voice, Dr Martin Luther King Jr preaches in the Princeton University Chapel. Rev King will later have dinner with the chapel deacons. |
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Princeton University Chapel |
Princeton University |
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1961/11/10 |
Martin Luther King Jr addresses an overflowing crowd in the Grand Ballroom, one of several places where he will speak on his only visit to Seattle. |
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Eagles Auditorium Building |
Seattle |
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1962/09/12 |
If our nation had done nothing more in its whole history than to create just two documents, its contribution to civilization would be imperishable. The first of these documents is the Declaration of Independence - MLK, Emancipation Proclamation Centennial |
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US Declaration of Independence |
Park Central Hotel NYC |
New York City |
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1962/09/12 |
We seldom take note or give adequate significance to the fact that Thomas Jeffersons text of the Declaration of Independence was revised by the Continental Congress to eliminate a justifiable attack on King George for encouraging slave trade - MLK, EPC |
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US Declaration of Independence |
Park Central Hotel NYC |
New York City |
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1962/09/12 |
Martin L King delivers a speech at the Park Sheraton Hotel to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the issuance of Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. |
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Emancipation Proclamation (Executive order) |
Park Central Hotel NYC |
New York City |
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1963/04/16 |
Martin Luther King writes an open "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in response to 'A Call for Unity' clergymen who believe the battle against segregation should be fought in the courts, not the streets. |
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Letter from Birmingham Jail (essay) |
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1963/08/27 |
During his stay at the Willard Hotel, Martin Luther King Jr works on his speech for the March on Washington. |
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I have a Dream (King speech) |
Willard Hotel |
Washington, DC |
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1963/08/28 |
Martin Luther King, Jr speaks on the second day of the Great March on Washington. |
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I have a Dream (King speech) |
Lincoln Memorial |
Washington, DC |
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom |
1964/07/00 |
"Why We Can't Wait" by Martin Luther King is published by Harper and Row. |
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Why We Can't Wait (book) |
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1965/03/25 |
25,000 protesters arrive at the foot of the capitol steps on Dexter Ave in the Third Selma to Montgomery March. |
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Alabama State Capitol |
Montgomery, AL |
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1968/00/00 |
Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr preaches his last Sunday sermon from the Canterbury Pulpit. |
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Washington National Cathedral |
Washington, DC |
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1968/02/01 |
The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr gives a speech at the campus of Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana. With tensions high, security on campus is on alert. |
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Manchester College Historic District |
North Manchester |
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1968/02/23 |
In his last major public address, Dr Martin Luther King Jr is the keynote speaker at a Carnegie Hall benefit to mark the 100th birthday of W E B DuBois. |
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Carnegie Hall |
New York City |
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1968/04/04 |
Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated by James Earl Ray. |
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The Lorraine Motel |
Memphis, TN |
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1968/04/05 |
Mahalia Jackson sings "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at King's funeral, Ebenezer Baptist Church. |
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Take My Hand, Precious Lord |
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta |
Atlanta, GA |
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Martin Luther King Jr Funeral |