Martin Luther King Jr.

Begin

Jan 15, 1929

Born on January 15 to the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr.and Alberta Williams King

Married

Jun 18, 1953

June 18. King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Ala..

"I Have a Dream"

Aug 28, 1963

250,000 civil-rights supporters attended the March on Washington. At the Lincoln Memorial, King delivers the famous "I have a dream" speech.

Nobel Prize

Dec 10, 1964

King wins Nobel Peace Prize

Register to vote

Jan 18, 1965

King successfully registers to vote at the Hotel Albert in Selma, Ala. and is assaulted by James George Robinson of Birmingham.

Montgomery March

Mar 16, 1965

King and 3,200 people begin the march from Selma to Montgomery.

Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

King is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., by James Earl Ray.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 20, 1986

The first national celebration of King's birthday as a holiday.