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Martin Luther King Jr.

By Vanessa20

  • Birthdate

    Birthdate
    Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Elementry school

    Elementry school
    Martin went to Yonge Street Elementry School in Atlanta, Geogia.
    The school was segregated. Every student at his school was African American.

  • Education

    Education
    Martin attended Booker T.Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a good student and skipped 9 and 12 grade. He graduated from High School.

  • College

    College
    Martin enters Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He decited to become a minister.

  • Seminary

    Seminary
    Enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Marries Coretta Scott.

  • Named Minister

    Named Minister
    Named Minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

  • Receives Ph.D

    Receives Ph.D
    Receives doctorate and leads Montgomery bus boycott.

  • Co-minister

    Co-minister
    Becomes co- minister of Ebenezer Baptist Chuch with his father.

  • Speech

    Speech
    Gives "I have a dream" speech in Washington, D.C. on August 28.

  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize
    Wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Death

    Death
    Shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4.