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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr 1929 1968
A reflective profile traces King’s Atlanta birth on Auburn Avenue, formative years at Ebenezer, his education in Crozer and Boston, and rise to national figure through Montgomery Bus Boycott, SCLC, and landmark civil rights actions. It notes his philosophy of nonviolence, leadership, key speeches, and enduring legacy.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Auburn
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
Sweet Auburn
America
King
Daddy” King
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Georgia
Ebenezer
Dr. King
Sears
Johnson Wax Co
King's Birthplace
National Park Service
Troy Lissimore
Ebenezer Church
Park Service
Hoo
Morehouse College
U'weed
George Kelsey
Benjamin Mays
Chester
Paz
Crozer Theological Seminary
Walter Rauschenbusch
Karl Marx
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
India
Gandhi
Crozer
Boston University
Coretta Scott
New England Conservatory
Coretta Scott King
Montgomery
Memphis
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Fair
J.F. Blake
Supreme Court
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Southern Black Church
Time Magazine
Lincoln Memorial
Eisenhower
Arkansas National Guard
Central High
Little Rock
Connor
Birmingham
Plymouth
Kelly-Ingram Park
Melvin Miller
Miller
Washington
Stokely Carmichael
Greenwood
Miss
James Meredith
Jackson
Chicago
Newark
Detroit
Lorraise