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Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Part I: Youth
| 1929 |
- Martin Luther King, Jr., is born in Atlanta to teacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael Luther King.
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| 1948 |
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Receives BA in sociology from Morehouse College at age 19.
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| 1951 |
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Receives degree from Crozer Theological Seminary (Chester, Pa.), enrolls in Boston University Ph.D program.
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| 1953 |
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Marries New England Conservatory music student Coretta Scott; they eventually have four children.
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| 1954 |
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Becomes minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama.
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| 1955 |
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Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University.
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