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Martin Luther King Jr.
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KUED
KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting. -
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
King's first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published -
Stab
A mentally ill black woman stabs King in at a Harlem book- signing -
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council -
"The Day the Music Died"
Plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J. P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake Iowa. -
India
King studies non-violent tactics during a trip to India -
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King returns to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta -
U-2 Plane
American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia -
Atlanta
King is arrested in Atlanta, at one of hundreds of sit-ins that occur throughout the year -
Dexter Scott
Dexter Scott is born. -
Freedom Riders
King assists in negotiations for the Freedom Riders -
Albany Georgia
King goes to Albany Georgia, to aid a desegregation campaign, and is arrested -
Orbit Earth
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., is first American to orbit Earth. -
Albany
King is arrested in Albany -
James H. Meredith
James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi. -
Jail
King spent a week in a Birmingham, Alabama jail. He wrote a letter to the nation. -
Birmingham
Police attack protestors in Birmingham -
"I Have a Dream"
250,000 people march on Washington, and King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech -
Why We Can't Wait
King's book Why We Can't Wait is published. -
Civil Rights Act
he Civil Rights Act is signed into law -
Osio Norway
King gets the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X is assassinated -
Selma, AL
·King leads a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery -
Watts, California
Rioting occurs in Watts, California -
SCLC
King moves to Chicago to commence a SCLC campaign there -
Black Power
Stokely Carmichael popularizes Black Power as a civil rights rallying cry -
Chicago
King leads demonstrations in Chicago -
First sermon devoted to Vietnam
King gives his first sermon which was devoted entirely to the issue of Vietnam. -
Where do we go from here
"Where do we go from here" speech was given. -
Poor People's March
King gives a speach on his vision of a Poor People's March on Washington. -
March of sanitation workers
He leads a march of black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
King is killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, in Memphis. -
Riots Take Place
Riots begin to break out across the nation over the reaction of King's death.
