Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially made a federal US holiday.
Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
American fugitive James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to murdering Martin Luther King Jr.
African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
