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Martin Luther King Jr. was born
Martin Luther King Jr. was born at noon on January 15, 1929.
Parents: The Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr.
Home: 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
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Martin Luther King's Life
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Started College
Martin Luther King Jr. graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was admitted to Morehouse College at age 15. picture: http://freeextras.com/images/graduation_cap_and_diploma-2091.htm -
Graduates college
Graduates from Morehouse College and enters Crozer Theological Seminary.
Ordained to the Baptist ministry, February 25, 1948, at age 19.
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Gets Married
Marries Coretta Scott and settles in Montgomery, Alabama
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Bus Boycott
Received Doctorate of Philosophy in Systematic Theology from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts on June 5, 1955.
Dissertation Title: A Comparison of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Wiseman. Pictures: http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ Joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1. On December 5, he is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott. -
Bus segragation Illegalized
On November 13, the Supreme Court rules that bus segregation is illegal, ensuring victory for the boycott. pictures: http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.trams.bc.ca/buses/images/6000medium.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.trams.bc.ca/members.html&usg=__u5f1NzyrDAt9CDCbHlr-f1UTlt4=&h=819&w=1024&sz=190&hl=en&start=15&zoom=1&tbnid=UU0vzceKcDnIMM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&ei=X7ClTuXtJqOPiAKU8OmCAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbus%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26sout%3D1% -
Forms Southern Christian Leadersip Confrence
King forms the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight segregation and achieve civil rights. On May 17, Dr. King speaks to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, D.C.
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First Civil Rights Act Passed, Martin Luther King nearly dies.
The U.S. Congress passed the first Civil Rights Act since reconstruction. King's first book, Stride Toward Freedom, is published.
On a speaking tour, Martin Luther King, Jr. is nearly killed when stabbed by an assailant in Harlem. Met with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Lester Grange on problems affecting black Americans.
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Goes to Idia to study Ghandi, and resigns from pastoring
Visited India to study Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence.
Resigns from pastoring the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to concentrate on civil rights full time. He moved to Atlanta to direct the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Co-Pastors with father/Sit ins begin
Becomes co-pastor with his father at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Lunch counter sit-ins began in Greensboro, North Carolina. In Atlanta, 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. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee founded to coordinate protests at Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina. picture http://worldofblackher -
Freedom Riders
In November, the Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation in interstate travel due to work of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Riders. Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) began first Freedom Ride through the South, in a Greyhound bus, after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in interstate transportation picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Parks_Bus.jpg -
Martin Luther King Arrested
During the unsuccessful Albany, Georgia movement, King is arrested on July 27 and jailed
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Birmingham Campaign Launched
On April 13, the Birmingham campaign is launched. This would prove to be the turning point in the war to end segregation in the South
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Birmingham agreement passed
On May 10, the Birmingham agreement is announced. The stores, restaurants, and schools will be desegregated, hiring of blacks implemented, and charges dropped.
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Freedom Walk
On June 23, MLK leads 125,000 people on a Freedom Walk in Detroit.
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March on Washington
The March on Washington held August 28 is the largest civil rights demonstration in history with nearly 250,000 people in attendance. At the march, King makes his famous I Have a Dream speech.
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Kennedy Assasination
On November 22, President Kennedy is assassinated.
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"Man of the Year"
On January 3, King appears on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year
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King arrested
On February 2, King is arrested in Selma, Alabama while participating in a civil rights demonstration. http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/65542/65542,1199491811,1/stock-photo-man-handcuffed-hands-at-the-back-8251639.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-8251639/stock-photo-man-handcuffed-hands-at-the-back.html&usg=__gu8SwexWQ32fJFrB6lznfNBtgbo=&h=342&w=450&sz=81&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=E_KrNU4jMTnG3M:&tbnh=97&tbnw=127&ei=ibKlTpPsDo_ -
King "stoned"
King attends the signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the White House on July 2. During the summer, King experiences his first hurtful rejection by black people when he is stoned by Black Muslims in Harlem http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://theblackcordelias.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rock06.jpg&imgrefurl=http://theblackcordelias.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/pope-rock/&usg=__uguHp0Hxk6-FAHRZuS1798zfmVA=&h=578&w=800&sz=217&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&tbnid=U9RKZyH2asBThM:&tbnh=103& -
Nobel Peace Prize
King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10. Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace at age 35.
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Moves to a slum
On January 22, King moves into a Chicago slum tenement to attract attention to the living conditions of the poor
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King Jailed
The Supreme Court holds a conviction of Martom Luther King Jr. by the Birmingham court for demonstrating without having a permit. King spent four days in Birmingham jail.
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Violent March
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"Ive been to a Mountaintop"
Delivered "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech
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Martin Luther King Assasinated
On April 4, Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
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Riots
There are riots and disturbances in 130 American cities. There were twenty thousand arrests.
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Funeral
King's funeral on April 9 is an international event. picture: http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Christian_cross_trans.svg/417px-Christian_cross_trans.svg.png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_cross_trans.svg&usg=__4lgGu8Wz_4ajBj5FqfOwjbxdZIA=&h=599&w=417&sz=3&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=ljy_H5z-KqOefM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=94&ei=prClTu7mDumkiQK-_JGAAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcross%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dco -
Opening Act Passed By Congress
Opening act passes by congress within a week of King's Passing.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day announced, this is relevant to today because it is still done today and remind us of the history of the African American Community.
