MLK

birthday

Jan 15, 1929

He was born at noon on January 15, 1929.

<3

Jan 10, 1953

In 1953 he marries Coretta Scott and settles in Montgomery, Alabama.

BOOOM

Jan 27, 1957

An unexploded bomb was discover on Dr. Kings front porch.

pastor

Jan 10, 1960

In 1960, he becomes co-pastor with his father at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. King is arrested during a sit-in waiting to be served at a restaurant. He is sentenced to four months in jail, but after intervention by John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, he is released.

LAST SPEECH

Apr 3, 1968

Dr. King delivered his last speech,Titled “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top,” at the Mason Temple, the national headquarters of the Church of God in Christ, in Memphis, Tennessee.

GOODBYE

Apr 4, 1968

Dr. King’s life was ended by an assassin’s bullet while he was on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.