Martin Luther King’s son met the man convicted of killing his father, James Earl Ray.
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African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
US President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for Martin Luther King's birthday to become a national holiday.
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
