Martin Luther King Jr By deepayne Jan 15, 1929 martin luther king was born He was born in Atlanta, Ga May 1, 1936 Martin Luther King Jr. entered public school at age 5. Apr 18, 1944 Martian Luther skipped both 9th and 11th grade and entered Morehouse College May 18, 1948 Martin Luther King Jr. earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College and attended the liberal Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania Apr 18, 1950 Dr. King led the SCLC It was in the mid 50's Jun 20, 1953 Martian Luther King married Corretta Scott they had one child together named Alberta Oct 19, 1960 King and 75 students entered a local department store and requested lunch-counter service but were denied. Aug 28, 1963 the historic March on Washington drew more than 200,000 people in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial it was the "I have A Dream" speech Apr 18, 1964 played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and also created the Civil Right Acts Oct 14, 1964 Martain Luther king won Noble Peace prize Mar 7, 1965 Civil Rights March Selma To Alabama turn violent Mar 9, 1965 a procession of 2,500 marchers, both black and white, set out once again to cross the Pettus Bridge and confronted barricades and state troopers. Apr 18, 1965 Created the Voting Rights Apr 18, 1967 King and the SCLC embarked on an ambitious program known as the Poor People’s Campaign, which was to include a massive march on the capital. Apr 4, 1968 King was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, where he had traveled to support a sanitation workers’ strike. Apr 18, 1998 James Earl Ray pleaded to the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.