Life of Martin L. King

By porchia_09
  • Martin L.King was born

    Martin L.King was born

    The Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr.
    Home: 501 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia

  • Schools

    Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and was admitted to Morehouse College at age 15.

  • END of College

    Graduates from Morehouse College and enters Crozer Theological Seminary.
    Ordained to the Baptist ministry, February 25, 1948, at age 19.

  • Book of kings

    •King's first book published, "Stride Toward Freedom" (Harper), his recollections of the Montgomery bus boycott. While King is promoting his book in a Harlem book store, an African American woman stabs him.

  • friend killed

    •Malcolm X is murdered Feb. 21, 1965. Three men are convicted of his murder.

  • fight

    •March 16-21. King and 3,200 people march from Selma to Montgomery.

  • king passed away

    •April 4. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., by James Earl Ray.

  • a day to make king known

    •January 20 is the first national celebration of King's birthday as a holiday.