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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeline

  • M.L.K. is born

    M.L.K. is born
    Martin Luther King is born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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    Dr. Martin Luther Kings Life

  • M.L.K. becomes a Baptist Minister

    M.L.K. becomes a Baptist Minister
    Martin Luther King , Jr. becomes a Baptist minister after recieving a Bachelor's Degree in Soicology.
  • M.L.K. and Corretta Scott

    M.L.K. and Corretta Scott
    Martin Luther King, Jr. marries Corretta Scott.
  • Bus Boycott

    Bus Boycott
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. starts the bus boycott after the Rosa Parks insident on Jan. 1, 1955.
  • Chairman

    Chairman
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes chairman of the Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration.
  • King is Arrested

    King is Arrested
    King is arrested for a sit in at a department store in Atlanta.
  • The Mach on Washington

    The Mach on Washington
    Dr. King and many other civil rights leaders speak at the March on Wasington. Over 250,000 people attened this event.
  • Cilil Rights Act

    Cilil Rights Act
    The Civil Rights Acted is signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • Chicago Campaign

    Chicago Campaign
    Dr. King speaks to an audiance of 12,000 people at that year's Chicago Freedom Festival.
  • M.L.K. Dies

    M.L.K. Dies
    Dr. Martin Luther Kimng, Jr. is shot to death on the bolcony of his motel on April 4, 1968.