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U.S. President Jimmy Carter proposes that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday be a national holiday. |
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James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray later confessed, but then recanted and Loyd Jowers claimed to have received $100,000 to arrange the assassination. |
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James Earl Ray, an escaped convict, shoots and kills Martin Luther King. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have been to the mountaintop" speech. |
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Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 other demonstrators are arrested in Selma, AL. |
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Martin Luther King Jr. begins a drive to register African-American voters . |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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As part of COINTELPRO, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI sends a tape of Martin Luther King Jr.'s extramarital rendezvous to his Atlanta office and suggests that he commits suicide. King declines the offer. |
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Mississippi civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead after their June 21st disappearance. |
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Men, women, and children assembled on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial, To listen to Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. |
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Martin Luther King is released from prison. |
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Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany, GA |
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