Martin Luther King

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    Martin Luther King Life Span

  • Graduated from Morehouse College

    Graduated from Morehouse College

    Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from Morehouse College, and goes right on to study at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Atlanta.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married..

    Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married..

    They moved to Montgomery Alabama.
  • MLK Created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    MLK Created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    This included 60 black ministers from Atlanta. The group's mission was to fight against segregation and racism.On May 17th he gives a speech to 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
  • Published First Book " Stride Toward Freedom"

    Published First Book " Stride Toward Freedom"

    Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act. He was stabbed in Harlem during the signing of his book.

  • "I Have A Dream Speech"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDsUYTgkDSU Martin Luther King Jr speaks to over 250,000 during the March on Washington DC.
  • Tragically Died

    Tragically Died

    King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

  • Martin Luther King Day Declared

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHWzq6Op9F4