1950-1960's Martin Luther King

By CElliott415

  • Graduates from Crozer

    graduates with a bachelor of divinity degree, delivering the valedictory address at commencement

  • Boston University

    King begins his graduate studies in systemic theology

  • Married

    King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama

  • Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

    King begins his pastorate in Montgomery, Alabama

  • First child

    Yolanda Denise King

  • Rosa Parks

    Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, thousands calling for a one day boycott of city buses.

  • Montgomery Improvement association

    King becomes president of MIA

  • Stride Toward Freedom

    King receives a threatening phone call later in the evening prompting a spiritual revelation that fills him with strength to carry on his spite of persecution.

  • Home bombed

    While at mass his home is bombed, no one was injured. Angry crowd outside his house pleading nonviolence.

  • Browder vs Gayle

    U.S, supreme court affirms the lower court opinion Browder vs Gayle declaring Montgomery and Alabama bus segregation laws unconstitutional.

  • Integrated buses

    King among the first to ride the buses in an integrated fashion

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern black ministers meet to talk about the fight against segregation.

  • Time magazine

    King is on the front cover

  • Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

    King gives his first national address "Give Us The Ballot"

  • Second child

    Martin, lll

  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower

    King and other civil leaders meet with the President.

  • First book

    Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published.

  • Stabbed

    Stabbed by Izola Ware Curry at a book signing.

  • India

    King goes on a month long visit to India where he meets with Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and many of his Gandi's follower

  • Moves

    King moves from Montgomery to Atlanta to devote more time to SCLC and the freedom struggle.

  • John F Kennedy

    King meets privately with the presidential candidate.

  • Arrested

    King is arrested during a sit-in demonstration at Rich's department store in Atlanta.

  • Third child

    Dexter Scott

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    King meets with Kennedy to urge him to issue a second Emancipation Proclamation to eliminate racial segregation.

  • Assaulted

    King is assaulted by a member of the American Nazi Party.

  • Fourth child

    Bernice Albertine

  • I Have A Dream

    King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

  • Meets Malcolm X

    For the first and only time in Washington D.C.

  • Arrested

    King arrested for demanding service at a all white-only restaurant.

  • Noble Peace Prize

    King receives the Noble Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway

  • Bloody Sunday

    Voting rights marchers are beaten at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as they attempt to march to Montgomery.

  • Moves

    King and his wife move to an apartment in Chicago to draw attention to the city's poor housing conditions.

  • Poor People's Campaign

    King reveals his plans to organize a mass civil disobedience campaign to force the government to end poverty.

  • Final Speech

    King return to Memphis to lead a peaceful march and delivers his final speech .

  • Killed

    King is shot and killed while standing on a balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

  • King buried

    King is buried in Atlanta

  • Celebrating Martin Luther King

    The first time the holiday was observed on January 20,1986 and today we celebrate MLK on the third Monday in January.