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Martin Luther King is born
Michael Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia, born to a Protestant family where the men in the family were pastors starting from his grandfather. Image: His childhood home -
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Graduates from High School
At the age of 15 (specific date and school unknown), he graduates high school. -
Enters College
At the age of 15, he enters Morehouse College in Atalanta, Georgia. Specific time unknown -
Graduates from Morehouse College
He graduates from Morehouse with a B.A. Degree. Specific Time Unknown -
Awarded B.D. Degree
MLK earns a B.D. Degree from Boston University School of Theology's doctorate program at the age of 21 after 3 years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. The university was one of a few that allowed African Americans into their doctorate programs. Although it was not visibly seen, the students at the campus avoided African Americans and segragated themselves from them. Specific Time Unknown. -
Becomes Pastor
Martin Luther King becomes a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama where his father and grandfather before him had also been pastors. Specific Time Unknown -
Earns Doctorate Degree
He enters BU's graduate program with a fellowship won at Crozer in 1951, completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 then earning it in 1955. Specific Time Unknown -
Leads 1st Negro Demonstration
In early December of 1955, MLK, already an avid member of the civil rights movement, accepted leadership of leading the 1st Negro Nonviolent movement in the USA by boycotting buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott lasted 382 days.
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MLK Issues Montgomery Bus Boycott
Inspired by Rosa Parks, MLK and the Montgomery Improvement Association issues the 13-month bus boycott in Montgomery to protest civil rights on buses. -
Supreme Court denounces segregation on buses
After 382 days of boycotting the buses, the Supreme Court denounced the laws requiring segregation on buses; everyone would ride the buses as equals. During the boycott, he had been arrested, his home was bombed, and he had been subjected to personal abuse. Image: Mugshot of MLK. -
Appointed as President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In 1957, MLK was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to fight for the civil rights movement. -
I Have A Dream Speech
Delivered during the American Civil Rights Movement, he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to over 250,000 civil rights protestors. -
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize at that time, MLK won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 35 'For Civil Rights and Social Justice'. -
Awarded Honorary Degree by Newcastle University
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
At Memphis, Tennessee , on the balcony of his room at a motel, where he was leading a protest march with striking garbage workers of that city, he was shot by James Earl Ray, who was hired by Lord Jowers, given 100,000 dollars by a man who ordered him to hire a hitman to kill King. -
Bibliography
Bus Boycotthttp://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/pulse/boston-area-universities-were-key-in-shaping-mlks-philosophy
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/congregations/ceremonies/honorary/martinlutherking.php
http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Luther_King_Assassination
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
http://mlk-kpp01.stanfo
