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Martin Luther King Jr. was born at 501 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Martin Luther King Jr. begins going to college in Atlanta at Morehouse college. -
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter to The Atlanta Constitution and became published about how black people are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens. -
Martin Luther King jr receives his bachelors degree in Sociology from Morehouse College. -
Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott are married near Marion, Alabama. -
Dr. King Jr earns his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University. -
At 9:15 p.m. while giving a speech at a mass meeting, the king's residence is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured. -
Southern black ministers meet in Atlanta to express their concern about segregation and names Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the chairman of the Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration. -
Dr. King Jr delivers his first national address, "Give Us The Ballot" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. meets with President John F. Kennedy and urges him to issue a second Emancipation Proclamation to end segregation. -
The only time Dr. King Jr met with Malcolm X in Washington D.C. -
Dr. King Jr publicizes his plan to organize a mass civil disobedience campaign in Washington D.C. to force the government to end poverty. -
This day is marked in history when Dr. King is shot and killed when standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.