Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr's Birth

Jan 15, 1929

Born on January 15, 1929 at noon in Atlanta Georgia.

Graduation

Feb 25, 1948

Martin Luther King Jr graduates from Morehouse College and enters Crozer Theological Seminary.

Leadership

May 17, 1957

He formes the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight segeration and achieve civil rights. On may 17 he stood/spook in front of a crowd of 15000 in Washington D.C.

Civil Rights Act.

Sep 17, 1958

The U.S Congress passed the Civil Rights Act since reconstruction. King's first book was published. (Stride Toward Freedom)

Signing

Jul 2, 1964

King attended the signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act at the White House.

Move

Jan 22, 1966

King moves into a Chicago slum tenement to attract attention to the living conditions of the poor.