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- Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968-1972 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up steeped in the Christian gospel at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His maternal grandfather and his father had preached here. King was ordained as a minister here and co-pastored with his father from 1960 until his assassination in 1968. It was at Ebenezer that he realized that his rich, impassioned voice could deeply move people.
- 1968-1972
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Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968-1972
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up steeped in the Christian gospel at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His maternal grandfather and his father had preached here. King was ordained as a minister here and co-pastored with his father from 1960 until his assassination in 1968. It was at Ebenezer that he realized that his rich, impassioned voice could deeply move people.
- Soldiers on Chicago Streets after Riots Following the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 7, 1968 - On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee--the champion of non-violence was silenced by an act of violence. His assassination brought deep mourning and sparked civil unrest across the country--built upon root causes like poverty, discrimination, racist housing policies, and police brutality.
- April 07, 1968
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Soldiers on Chicago Streets after Riots Following the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 7, 1968
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee--the champion of non-violence was silenced by an act of violence. His assassination brought deep mourning and sparked civil unrest across the country--built upon root causes like poverty, discrimination, racist housing policies, and police brutality.
- The Sun, Vol. 262, No. 123, Baltimore, Maryland, April 8, 1968 -
- April 08, 1968
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The Sun, Vol. 262, No. 123, Baltimore, Maryland, April 8, 1968
- President Ronald Reagan Meeting with Coretta Scott King, January 16, 1986 -
- January 16, 1986
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President Ronald Reagan Meeting with Coretta Scott King, January 16, 1986
- Handheld Advertising Fan Showing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968-1970 -
- 1968-1970
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Handheld Advertising Fan Showing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968-1970
- "January 15th Must be a National Holiday" Button, circa 1980 - Efforts to establish Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday met with initial pushback about cost concerns and the dearth of holidays that honor private citizens. But, with advocacy from the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change (the creators of this button), President Reagan finally signed a bill into law in 1983, creating a federal holiday honoring King.
- circa 1980
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"January 15th Must be a National Holiday" Button, circa 1980
Efforts to establish Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday met with initial pushback about cost concerns and the dearth of holidays that honor private citizens. But, with advocacy from the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change (the creators of this button), President Reagan finally signed a bill into law in 1983, creating a federal holiday honoring King.