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Martin Luther King JR

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  • The Year Of 1929

    The Year Of 1929
    January 15, 1929 he was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • The Year of 1935

    Martin was told that he could not play with his friends because he was black and they were white.

  • The Year of 1944

    The Year of 1944
    Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School.

  • The Year of 1947

    Martin was ordained Minister

  • The Year of 1948

    The Year of 1948
    Graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta.

  • The Year of 1948

    Ordained to the Baptist ministry,at age 19

  • The year of 1951

    Enters Boston University for graduate studies.

  • The Year of 1953

    The Year of 1953
    Martin was in Boston and married Coretta Scott and settles in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • The Year of 1954

    Martin because pastor of his own church in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • 1955-1956

    1955-1956: Martin led a boycott of the buses in Montgomery, Alabama

  • The Year of 1955

    Joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested.

  • The Year of 1955

    He is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott.

  • The Year of 1956

    The Year of 1956
    Dr. King's house is bombed

  • The Year of 1963

    Led a march on Washington and gave his “I have a Dream Speech”.

  • The Year od 1964

    The Year od 1964
    King appears on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year.

  • The Year of 1964

    King attends the signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • The Year of 1964

    King experiences his first hurtful rejection by black people when he is stoned by Black Muslims in Harlem.

  • The Year of 1964

    King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace at age 35.

  • The Year of 1968

    The Year of 1968
    King announces that the Poor People's Campaign will participate in a March on Washington demanding a $12 billion Economic Bill of Rights guaranteeing employment to the able-bodied, incomes to those unable to work, and an end to housing discrimination.

  • The Year of 1968

    Dr. King marches in support of sanitation workers on strike in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • The Year of 1968

    King lead a march that turns violent. This was the first time one of his events had turned violent.

  • The Year of 1968

    Delivered I've Been to the Mountaintop speech.

  • The Year of 1968

    Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • The Year of 1968

    The Year of 1968
    There are riots and disturbances in 130 American cities. There were twenty thousand arrests.