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Timeline: Martin Luther King Jr.

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Part V: The Legacy

by David Johnson

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1968	1980	2006	Back to the Beginning

1968	Top Coretta Scott King founds the King Center in Atlanta.
1969	James Earl Ray James Earl Ray pleads guilty to King's murder, receives 99-year sentence. Top
1980	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site established in Atlanta, includes his birthplace, Ebenezer Church, and the King Center. Top
1985	Coretta Scott King and three of her children are arrested while protesting apartheid outside the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. Top
1986	The Federal Martin Luther King holiday is first celebrated. Top
2006	Coretta Scott King makes the last speech of her life at a "Salute to Greatness" dinner on 14 January. The dinner is part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrations in Atlanta, Georgia. King died seventeen days later on 31 January from respiratory failure due to complications after a recent serious stroke and cancer. Top
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