Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. is born

Jan 15, 1929

St. Joseph's hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

King's brother, Alfred Daniel is born

Jul 30, 1930

World War II begins

Sep 1, 1939

First sit-in lunches take place

May 14, 1943

Chicago, Illinois

Martin Luther King Jr. attends Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia

Sep 11, 1944

End of World War II

Sep 2, 1945

Segregation in bus travel is banned

Jun 3, 1946

wedding

Jun 18, 1953

Married Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Yolanda King is born

Nov 17, 1955

Rosa Parks Refuses to give up seat on bus

Dec 1, 1955

The Montgomary bus boycott was started right after this happened.

All buses desegregated

Dec 21, 1956

Martin Luther King Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III is born

Oct 3, 1957

Martin Luther King Jr.'s son, Dexter Scott King is born

Jan 30, 1961

James Merideth becomes the first black student to go to University of Missisipi

Oct 1, 1962

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Bernice King is born

Mar 28, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama

Apr 16, 1963

While He was in jail he wrote"Letters for Birmingham jail.

"I have a Dream" speech was given by Martin Luther King Jr.

Aug 28, 1963

Washington D.C.
Lincoln Memorial
Length: 17 minutes

Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated

Apr 4, 1968

Time: 6:01 P.M.
Whare: Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee
Who did it: James Earl Ray, although there is alot of contreversy about whether he was inocentr or not.

Martin Luther King Jr. day first observed

Jan 20, 1986