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Family of Leaders
King's grandfather was pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931. King's father has served from then until the present. MLK served as co-pastor with his father from 1960 until his death in 1968. -
MLK, a leader
Martin Luther King served as a pastor for Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He was a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This was a leading civil rights group in the nation. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King led the infamous Bus Boycott. This protest lasted 13 months which led to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional. -
King's Travels and Speeches
"In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles." (Nobel Prize) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King elected President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
An open letter written by King explaining that people have a moral responsibility to break unfair laws and take action. -
"I Have a Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. His audience consisted of 250,000 people.