Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially made a federal US holiday.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
Martin Luther King's son met the man convicted of killing his father, James Earl Ray.
