- 
  
  Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 
  
  At the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College,
- 
  
  The Atlanta Constitution published King's letter saying that the black people have the same opportunities of American Citizens
- 
  
  King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College.
- 
  
  In 1953 he married Coretta Scott
- 
  
  He begins his pastorate at Baptist Church in Alabama
- 
  
  He is awarded his doctorate in systematic theology
- 
  
  Yolanda Denise King the first child born
- 
  
  Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to vacate her seat for a white passeger.Jo Ann Robinson and other Women’s Political Council member calling for a one-day boycott of the city’s buses on Monday, 5 December.
- 
  
  At the mass meeting The Montgomery Inprovement is formed and King become its president
- 
  
  At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, King deliveries his first national speech
- 
  
  King was unfurtunatly assasinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Menphis.
- 
  
  On the third Monday of January we celebrate the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr
