Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Birth

    Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia.
  • Graduation

    Martin graduates Crozer College
  • Marriage

    Martin marrys Coretta Scott
  • First Son

    Martin's first son is born who is named Yolanda Denise King
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving her seat up for a white passenger.
  • MIA

    Martin becomes president of a group called Montgomery Improvement Association.(MIA)
  • Bombing

    Martin's house is bombed while he is at a meeting neither his wife nor his kid are injured.
  • Bus laws

    The supreme court declares that the segragation bus laws in Alabama to be unconstituitonal.
  • SCLC

    Martin is made the leader of the Southern Chistian Leadership Conference.
  • Time Magazine

    Martin appears on the cover of Times Magazine.
  • Give us the Ballot

    Martin does his first Address named "Give us the Ballots" at the Lincoln Memorial.
  • meeting

    Martin and Raplh D Abernathy meet witht he vice Richard Nixon to issue a statement on their meetting.
  • 2nd Son

    Coretta and Martin have their second son Martin III
  • Eisenhower

    Martin and other civil rights leaders meet with President Eisenhower in Washinton
  • First Book

    Martin's first book "Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story" is published.
  • Stabbing

    Martin is stabbed while doing a book signing at Blumstein’s Department Store in Harlem, New York
  • India

    Martin goes to India and meets with the prime minister along with many of Gandhi's followers.
  • Court

    Martin is found not guilty to tax fraud with a white jury.
  • JFK

    President JFK is elected president of the United States of America
  • I have a dream

    Martin Delivers his famous I have a dream speech.
  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Martin wins a Nobel Peace Prize and vows to use the money award for his ongoing civil rights struggle.
  • Islam

    Martin meets with Islam Leader Elijah Muhammad.
  • Assasination

    Martin is shot and killed in Memphis.