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  2. 10 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. - AOL

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    King reportedly donated the prize money, amounting to $53,123, to support the civil rights movement. He was named after Protestant reformer Martin Luther. King was born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15 ...

  3. 12 Things You Didn't Know About Martin Luther King Jr. - AOL

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    Between trumped-up charges and acts of civil disobedience, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed 30 times, including once in 1956 when he was arrested, fingerprinted, and booked for allegedly ...

  4. 12 Martin Luther King, Jr. “Facts” That Just Aren’t True

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    Separating fact from fiction Few Americans are as widely celebrated as Martin Luther King, Jr. In fact, he is the only person to have a nationwide holiday named after him. Martin Luther King, Jr ...

  5. Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]

  6. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Wikipedia

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    In New Hampshire: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day". [30] In Virginia: it was known as Lee–Jackson–King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee–Jackson Day. [31] In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own ...

  7. Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Wikipedia

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    United States House of Representatives vote on the bill United States Senate vote on the bill. During the 90th Session of Congress following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, Senator Edward Brooke and Representatives John Conyers and Charles Samuel Joelson introduced multiple bills that would create a holiday to honor King on either January 15 or April 4, but none ...

  8. Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30 Fascinating Facts ...

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  9. James Earl Ray - Wikipedia

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    The magazine reported that the test results showed "Ray did, in fact, kill Martin Luther King Jr. and that he did so alone." Ray then fired Kershaw after discovering the attorney had been paid $11,000 (~$55,308 in 2023) by the magazine in exchange for the interview and instead hired attorney Mark Lane to provide him with legal representation.