The first lunch counter sit-ins took place in Chicago, Illinois at Jack Spratt's Coffee Shop
The U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel
Martin Luther King is appointed to serve as the assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
He begins attending Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Martin marries Coretta Scott at her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama.
Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in the public schools of America was unconstitutional
Supreme Court orders desegregation of the public schools "with all deliberate speed"
Rosa Parks, a 42 year old seamstress, is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give her seat on the bus to a white male passenger.
Martin Luther King becomes the president of the Montgomery Improvement Association which was organised due to protest against the incident involving Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott begins
Dr. King meets with President Eisenhower
Dr. King is arrested for breaking the state of Georgia's trespassing law while picketing in Atlanta.
Martin Luther King meets with President Kennedy to gain his support for the civil rights movement.
Dr.King is arrested at a Sit-in demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama protesting against public eating facilities
King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
King’s third book, Why We Can’t Wait is published
Martin Luther King becomes the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
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King and 25,000 other protestors march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.
Dr. King marches on the issue for open housing in Chicago and is stoned by angry onlookers
Dr. King delivers his last speech at a rally at Mason Temple
