The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born

Jan 15, 1929

Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia

Life Span

Period: Jan 15, 1929 to Apr 4, 1968

Married Coretta Scott

Jun 18, 1953

Requested lunch counter serviced at a segregated restuarant

Oct 19, 1960

Martin Luther King Jr. and 75 other students were arrested for this.

"I have a dream" speech

Aug 28, 1963

This was the March on Washington which had more than 200,000 people attend to watch and listen to MLK's speech.

Recieved the Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 14, 1964

MLK was assassinated

Apr 4, 1968