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Martin Luther King Jr

By Lissett Barraza

  • 1929

    1929
    Martin Luther King jr is born

  • 1934

    1934
    King grew up in the African-American business district of Sweet Auburn. He was originally named Michael like his father, but after attending a religious conference in Berlin in 1934 his father changed both their names to Martin in tribute to German theologian and reformer Martin Luther.

  • 1941

    In 1941 life expectancy was 64 for whites and 53 for non-whites. In the South segregation was enforced in schools, restaurants and many other places.

  • 1940

    1940
    America abolished slavery and he had just won an oratory contest, with a speech about equal rights.

  • 1955

    1955
    After graduating he continued his training at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and received his doctorate from Boston University's School of Theology in 1955.

  • 1956

    1956
    King was chosen to lead an African-American bus boycott that eventually lasted 381 days. The action was successful and in 1956, the US Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery’s bus segregation policy was unconstitutional.

  • 1967

    In 1967 he instigated the Poor People’s Campaign working to end economic inequality.

  • 1968

    1968
    Martin Luther King Jr died on April 4, 1968