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BIRTH
He was born in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King . -
marriage
King married Scott , on the lawn of her parents' house, in Heiberger, Alabama.[95] They had four children: -
ACTIVISM
King led the Montgomery bus boycot -
politics
He became the first president of of the southern christian LEADERSHIP conference -
washington March
King delivered a 17-minute speech, later known as "I Have a Dream". In the speech's most famous passage – in which he departed from his prepared text, possibly at the prompting of Mahalia Jackson, who shouted behind him, "Tell them about the dream!" -
NOBEL PRIZE
King became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to him for leading nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in the U.S.[ -
DEATH
He was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis Tenessee.