Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born

Jan 15, 1929

in Atlanta, Georgia

MLK began college

Sep 20, 1944

at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia

MLK began being an assistant pastor

Feb 25, 1948

at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia

MLK gets married to Coretta Scott

Jun 18, 1953

at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama

MLK moves from Montgomery to Atlanta

Feb 1, 1960

he becomes the assistant pastor to his father

King is arrested in Albany, Georgia

Jul 27, 1962

he spent two weeks in jail

MLK receives the Nobel Peace Prize

Dec 10, 1964

every penny of the $54,000 award will be used in the ongoing civil rights struggle.

MLK is shot and killed

Apr 4, 1968

while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee