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January 15, 1929 he was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Martin was told that he could not play with his friends because he was black and they were white.
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Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School.
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Martin was ordained Minister
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Graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta.
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Ordained to the Baptist ministry,at age 19
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Enters Boston University for graduate studies.
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Martin was in Boston and married Coretta Scott and settles in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Martin because pastor of his own church in Montgomery, Alabama.
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1955-1956: Martin led a boycott of the buses in Montgomery, Alabama
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Joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested.
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He is elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, making him the official spokesman for the boycott.
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Dr. King's house is bombed
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Led a march on Washington and gave his “I have a Dream Speech”.
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King appears on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year.
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King attends the signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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King experiences his first hurtful rejection by black people when he is stoned by Black Muslims in Harlem.
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King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace at age 35.
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King announces that the Poor People's Campaign will participate in a March on Washington demanding a $12 billion Economic Bill of Rights guaranteeing employment to the able-bodied, incomes to those unable to work, and an end to housing discrimination.
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Dr. King marches in support of sanitation workers on strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
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King lead a march that turns violent. This was the first time one of his events had turned violent.
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Delivered I've Been to the Mountaintop speech.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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There are riots and disturbances in 130 American cities. There were twenty thousand arrests.
