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2007-02-22 17:01:11 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah Nicole O'Byrne 3 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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1960: Lunch counter sit-ins began in Greensboro, North Carolina. In Atlanta, King is arrested during a sit-in waiting to be served at a restaurant. He is sentenced to four months in jail, but after intervention by John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, he is released.

1962: During the unsuccessful Albany, Georgia movement, King is arrested on July 27 and jailed.

1963: On Good Friday, April 12, King is arrested with Ralph Abernathy by Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor for demonstrating without a permit.

1967: The Supreme Court upholds a conviction of MLK by a Birmingham court for demonstrating without a permit. King spends four days in Birmingham jail.

2007-02-22 17:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I'm not sure anyone kept track...

Several times, always for "disturbing the peace" and other minor things related to his protests.

Never for violence. He was adamantly anti-violence and anyone using violence in the name of Dr King's ideals is a hypocrite.

2007-02-23 01:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

He was arrested 30 times. See the link for details. Good luck.
http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/bio.html

2007-02-23 01:09:18 · answer #3 · answered by zowar1363 4 · 0 1

Go to www.wikipedia.org, and you'll get your information there.

2007-02-23 01:05:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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