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Martin Luther King's Birth Date
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the mid-1950s. -
mathin Luther King's Freshman year of college
Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. -
Martin Luther King's publishes letter to the editor
His book was stating that black people "are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens." -
Martin Luther King became a appointed assistant pastor
In the fall of 1947, Martin Luther King delivered his first sermon at the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.Ebenezer’s congregation voted to license King as a minister soon afterward, and he was ordained in February 1948. -
Martin Luther King receives his bachelor of arts degree
King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College. -
Martin Luther King starts at Crozer Theological Seminary
After completing his undergraduate work at Morehouse College in 1948, Martin Luther King attended Crozer Theological Seminary near Chester, Pennsylvania. -
Martin Luther King's first child
The eldest child of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Yolanda was born 17 November 1955, less than a month before the launch of the Montgomery bus boycott. -
When Rosa Parks stood her ground
Rosa Parks, a respected member of Montgomery's black community, refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger when asked to do so. -
Martin Luther King becomes president of Holt Street Baptist Church
Major King Events black ministers and community leaders in Montgomery, Alabama. Under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., the MIA was instrumental in guiding the Montgomery bus boycott -
Martin Luther Kings Assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr was an American clergyman and civil rights leader who was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, at the age of 39.
