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Martin Luther King Jr.

By Vanessa20
  • Birthdate

    Birthdate

    Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Elementry school

    Elementry school

    Martin went to Yonge Street Elementry School in Atlanta, Geogia.
    The school was segregated. Every student at his school was African American.
  • Education

    Education

    Martin attended Booker T.Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a good student and skipped 9 and 12 grade. He graduated from High School.
  • College

    College

    Martin enters Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He decited to become a minister.
  • Seminary

    Seminary

    Enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    Marries Coretta Scott.
  • Named Minister

    Named Minister

    Named Minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
  • Receives Ph.D

    Receives Ph.D

    Receives doctorate and leads Montgomery bus boycott.
  • Co-minister

    Co-minister

    Becomes co- minister of Ebenezer Baptist Chuch with his father.
  • Speech

    Speech

    Gives "I have a dream" speech in Washington, D.C. on August 28.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    Wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Death

    Death

    Shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4.