Martin Luther King Jr

By jihadyaghmour
  • 1968 BCE

    Death

  • 1958 BCE

    Writes Stride Toward Freedom, about the bus boycott.

  • 1955 BCE

    Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University.

  • 1954 BCE

    Becomes minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama

  • 1953 BCE

    Marries New England Conservatory music student Coretta Scott; they eventually have four children.

  • 1951 BCE

    Receives degree from Crozer Theological Seminary (Chester, Pa.).

  • 1948 BCE

    Receives BA in sociology from Morehouse College at age 19

  • 1944 BCE

    Graduates high school at age 15.

  • 1929 BCE

    Birth