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Martin Luther King Birth
Martin Luther King was born in January 15, 1929 -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dr. King was a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization which was responsible for the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott from 1955 to 1956 (381 days) -
Bomb in MLK's house
At 9:15 p.m., while King speaks at a mass meeting, his home is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured. Later King addresses an angry crowd that gathers outside the house, pleading for nonviolence.
To this day no person has ever been prosecuted for this violent criminal act. -
The bus segregation is Unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court affirms the lower court opinion in Browder v. Gayle declaring Montgomery and Alabama bus segregation laws unconstitutional. -
Eisenhower
King and other civil rights leaders meet with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington. -
President of movement
From 1960 until his death in 1968, he was co-pastor with his father at Ebenezer Baptist Church and President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. -
John F. Kennedy
King meets privately in New York with Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. -
2nd meeting with JF Kennedy
King meets with President John F. Kennedy and urges him to issue a second Emancipation Proclamation to eliminate racial segregation. -
Washington speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement. -
MLK meet Malcom X
King meets Malcolm X in Washington, D.C. for the first and only time. -
Nobel Prize
King receives the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. He declares that "every penny" of the $54,000 award will be used in the ongoing civil rights struggle. -
Bloody Sunday
In an event that will become known as "Bloody Sunday," voting rights marchers are beaten at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as they attempt to march to Montgomery. -
Selma-Montogomery
King, James Forman, and John Lewis lead civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery after a U.S. District judge upholds the right of demonstrators to conduct an orderly march. -
Voting Right Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 went to Congress as a result of the Selma to Montgomery march. The movements and marches he led brought significant changes in the fabric of American life; his courageous and selfless devotion gave direction to thirteen years of civil rights activities; his charismatic leadership inspired men and women, young and old, in the nation and abroad. -
Vietnam War
King publicly opposes the Vietnam War at a mass rally at the Ninth Annual Convention of SCLC in Birmingham. -
Poor Campaign
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. -
Workers Campaign
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. -
2nd march Menphis
King returns to Memphis, determined to lead a peaceful march. During an evening rally at Mason Temple in Memphis, King delivers his final speech, "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop." -
Martin Luther King death
King is shot and killed while he was standing on the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Menphis. -
Purpose and Thesis. 3rd Enrichment, Riccardo Accettulli, Mr. Robinson, US History
The purpose of this project, for me, was organize all the steps that MLK had to do in his "war" against segregation. It was interesting reading and understand how important was for him express his rights peacefully and try to protect the black people from the racism of those years.Then he extended his attention also on other problems, like poverty and work conditions, and not just civil rights. This make me think about how seriously he dedicated himself into make this world a little bit better.
