Martin Luther King Jr

Birth

Jan 15, 1929

Martin Luther King Jr is born at 501 Auburn Ave. In Atlanta, Georgia

Moving Day

1941

Martin Luther King, Sr, Alberta Williams moves to 193 Boulevard in Alanta

Collage

Sep 20, 1944

Martin Luther King Jr started his freshman year at Morehouse College.

Letter to the editor

Aug 6, 1946

The Atlanta Constitution publishes King's letter to the editor saying "Black people are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of Americans citizens."

Collage Degree

Jun 8, 1948

King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College.

Graduation

May 6, 1951

King graduates from Crozer with a bachelor of divinity degree.

Studies

Sep 13, 1951

King begins his graduate studies in systematic theology at Boston University.

Married

Jun 18, 1953

King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Atlanta

First Child

Nov 17, 1955

Yolanda Denise King was born and is Kings first child

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white woman

Bombed

Jan 30, 1956

At 9:15 pm, King was at a meeting when his house blew up. His daughter and wife were not injured and he addresses the people around his house pleading for nonviolence.

Lincoln Memorial

May 17, 1957

At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. King gives his first national address. "Give Us The Ballot" at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.

Richard M. Nixon

Jun 13, 1957

King and Ralph D. Aberthany meet with the vice president Richard M. Nixon and have a statement on their meeting.