Martin Luther King

Date of Birth

Jan 15, 1929

Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Minister in Father's Church

Feb 21, 1948

Ebenezer Baptist Church
18 years old

Graduates From Morehouse College

Feb 25, 1948

age 19

Married Coretta Scott

Jun 18, 1953

settled in Montgomery, Alabama

Pastor of Baptist

Oct 13, 1954

Church now is named: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in memory of King.
Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Recieved a Ph.D

Jun 5, 1955

from Boston University

Leader of the Montgomery bus boycott

Dec 1, 1955

After Rosa Parks was arrested King became a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott, which helped end the separation of blacks and whites on buses.

Elected President of the Montgomery Improvement Association

Dec 5, 1955

He therefore became the official spokesman for the boycott.

Victory for the boycott

Nov 13, 1956

The Supreme Court ruled that bus segreagation wass illegal. This was a victory for the boycott.

I Have A Dream

Aug 28, 1963

King led the March on Washington and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. Almost 250,000 people listened to his speech in the nation's capital.

Nobel Prize

Dec 10, 1964

Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.

Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

Funeral

Apr 9, 1968

His furneral was held on April 9th.