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1929 Martin Luther King born
Michael King, later known as Martin Luther King, Jr., is born at 501 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Nina Simone Borne
The famous black JAZZ singer was borne -
1948 bachelor degree
King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College. -
1953 married with Scoot
King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown VS the supreme court. This build the civil right movement. -
1955 Rosa Park incident
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to vacate her seat and move to the rear of a city bus in Montgomery to make way for a white passenger. Jo Ann Robinson and other Women’s Political Council members mimeograph thousands of leaflets calling for a one-day boycott of the city’s buses on Monday, 5 December. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States . -
The Ballot or the Bullet
"The Ballot or the Bullet" is the title of a public speech by Malcolm X -
Malcolm X shoot dead
- februar 1965, Washington Heights, New York City, New York, USA
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1968 Luther is killed
King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. -
Luther is buried
King is buried in Atlanta. -
Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream
The famous speech by Marin Luther -
Nina Simone
Nina dies at ages 70, in Carry-le-Rouet France.