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From: Junior Scholastic
Date: 20040105
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s enduring legacy is his leadership of the civil rights movement, which helped remove political and social barriers that treated African-Americans and other minorities unfairly. The time line below lists some key events in Dr. King's life. Study the information, then answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
TIME LINE
1929: Martin Luther King Jr. is born on January 15 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents are Alberta King, a schoolteacher, and Martin Luther King Sr., the minister at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church.
1948: Martin Luther ...
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