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MLK Jr. (1960's)

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  • King Moves

    King Moves
    King moves from Montgomery to Atlanta to devote more time to SCLC and the freedom struggle. He becomes assistant pastor to his father at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

  • Not Guilty

    Not Guilty
    King is found not guilty of tax fraud by a white jury in Montgomery.

  • MLK meeets JFK

    MLK meeets JFK
    King meets privately in New York with Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy.

  • King arrested

    King arrested
    King is arrested during a sit in demonstration at Rich’s department store in Atlanta. He is sentenced to four months hard labor for violating a suspended sentence he received for a 1956 traffic violation. He is released on $2000 bond on 27 October.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    King meets with President John F. Kennedy and urges him to issue a second Emancipation Proclamation to eliminate racial segregation.

  • The March for Jobs

    The March for Jobs
    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom attracts more than two hundred thousand demonstrators to the Lincoln Memorial. Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, the march is supported by all major civil rights organizations as well as by many labor and religious groups. King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech. After the march, King and other civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House.

  • Eulogy at the Funeral

    Eulogy at the Funeral
    King delivers the eulogy at the funerals of Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, and Cynthia Dianne Wesley, three of the four children that were killed during the 15 September bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Carole Robertson, the fourth victim, was buried in a separate ceremony.

  • King Meets Elijah

    King Meets Elijah
    In Chicago, King meets Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad.

  • King Reveals his plans

    King Reveals his plans
    King publicly reveals his plans to organize a mass civil disobedience campaign, the Poor People's Campaign, in Washington, D.C., to force the government to end poverty.

  • Lead march of protesters

    Lead march of protesters
    King leads a march of six thousand protesters in support of striking sanitation workers in Memphis. The march descends into violence and looting, and King is rushed from the scene.