Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
