Martin Luther King Jr timeline.

Jan 15, 1929

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Martin Luther King Jr was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the family home in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jun 21, 1941

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June 21, 1948 King graduated from Morehouse College.
Jan 1, 1944

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Began Morehosue college.
Feb 25, 1948

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February 25, 1948 King became a Baptist minister.
Jun 18, 1953

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June 18, 1953 Married Coretta Scott.
Oct 13, 1954

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King became a pastor of a Baptist
church in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jun 5, 1955

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Dr. King received his Ph.D. from Boston University.
Dec 1, 1955

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December 1, 1955 King became a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which helped end the separation of blacks and whites on buses.
Nov 13, 1956

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The Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was illegal. This was a victory for the boycott.
Aug 28, 1963

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August 28, 1963 King lead the march on Washington and gave his “I have a dream” speech. Almost 250,000 people listened to his speech in the nation’s speech.

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