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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