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Martin Luther King Jr.

  • He was born

    Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia
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    His school years

    He attended David T. Howard Elementary, Atlanta University Laboratory School, and Booker T. Washington High school

    He was accepted into Morehouse college, but without graduating high school
  • Now a preacher

    MLK earned his license to preach
  • A new graduate

    Martin graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in Sociology
  • A new School

    He enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania
  • graduation day

    King graduates from Crozer with a Bachelor of Divinity degree
  • wedding day

    He gets married to Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Ph.D.

    King receives a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston University
  • 1st born

    Yolanda Denise King, the Kings' first born, is born in Montgomery, Alabama
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man
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    segregation and boycott

    segregation and boycotting is happing a lot in the Montgomery, Alabama area
  • MLK arrested

    King is arrested, charged for driving 30 mph in a 25 mph zone, he was soon after released
  • bus segregation

    A United States District Court ruled that racial segregation on city bus lines was unconstitutional
  • Time magazine

    King was the spotlight for Time magazine
  • Civil Rights Acts

    the civil rights Commission and the civil rights Division of the Department of Justice were passed by Congress
  • the 2nd child is born

    Martin Luther III was born
  • moving

    The King family moves back to Atlanta
  • the 3rd child

    Dexter Scott King was born
  • Conviction

    King is tried and convicted for leading the December March in Albany, Georgia
  • the 4th King

    Bernice Albertine King was born
  • I Have A Dream

    the march on Washington, when MLK gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech
  • Kennedy assassination

    President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Dr. King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway
  • Malcolm X murdered

    Malcolm X, leader of the Organization of Afro-American Unity was murdered in New York, New York
  • voting rights

    The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson
  • the last speech

    MLK gives his last speech "i've been to the top of the mountain tops" is givin at Mason Temple Memphis
  • assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at his motel in memphis, he died at St. Joseph's Hospital
  • burial

    Dr. King was buried in Atlanta Georgia