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Birth
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia in the American South. -
Kin's wedding
On June 18, 1953, Coretta Scott became Marin Luther King's wife. -
The birth of the daughter
On November 17, 1955, Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott had a daughter named Yolanda. -
Mrs. Rosa Parks detention - Bus boycott
On Thursday, December 1, 1955, a forty-year-old black woman, Mrs. Rosa Parks, got on a bus and sat down. The bus was full, and the bus driver told her to give her seat to a white passenger. She refused. They arrested her.
After this incident, King, Nixon, and Abernathy organized a meeting of church leaders and other important black people. Mrs. Parks agreed bravely to go to the court and fight for civil rights. A boycott of the Montgomery city buses began. -
The birth of the son
On October 23, 1957, two years later by Yolanda's birth, Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott had another son called Martin Luther King III. -
King's detention
On September 4, 1958, King went into a courtroom to speak to Abernathy. A guard angrily told him, "Boy, if you don't get away from here, you will need a lawyer!" The policeman took him to jail.
After some time, they politely sent him home, but it was too late because newspapers printed the photo of police violence against King. King was told to pay $10 or go to jail for fourteen days. "I make this decision because of my love for America..." he said in court. -
The birth of the second daughter
Bernice was the second daughter born to Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott on March 28, 1963. -
The children's march
On May 2, 1963, adult protesters led more than 1,000 children from the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church toward downtown. King totally agreed for the children to march. -
The youngest Nobel Peace prize winner
At the age of 35, Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. He was the youngest winner in history. But he didn't accept it for himself. He accepted it for all the peaceful protesters against segregation and inequality around the world. -
King is murdered
On the stormy evening of April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, King gave his last speech.
The next day, in the evening, waiting for Abernathy, King went outside of room 306 of the hotel. He joked with his friends in the parking lot below. At six o'clock, a gunshot was heard. King was hit in the face. Abernathy ran to his friend and tried to stop the blood. King was taken to the hospital, but died at 7.05 P.M. on April 4, 1968.