Martin Luther King Jr.

By jkibsey

  • Birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia

  • Education Begins

    King begins school at Yonge Street Elementary School.

  • World War 2 Begins

  • Booker T. Washington High School

    King attends high school but leaves early to attend Morehouse College

  • Morehouse College

  • World War 2 Ends

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. becomes a minister

    King delivers first sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church

  • Graduation from Morehouse College

    Begins attending Crozer Theological Seminary

  • Education continues

    Graduates from Crozer and begins theology work at Boston University

  • King Marries Coretta Scott

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. earns PHD

    Graduates from Boston University with PHD in Systematic Theology

  • Rosa Parks arrested

    Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for bus incident

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s house ins bombed

  • Elected President of Southern Christian Leadership Conference

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is featured on cover of Time

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. first book is published

    The Measure of a Man

  • President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested

    King Jr. is arrested for protesting in Albany, Georgia

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested

    King Jr. is arrested at a sit in demonstration and writes "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

  • March on Washington

    "I have a Dream" speech delivered to masses

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. publishes second book

    The Strength of Love

  • President John F. Kennedy Jr. is assassinated

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Time's "Man of the Year"

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. publishes "Why We Can't Wait"

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    King Jr. becomes youngest person to receive honor.

  • March from Selma to Montgomery

  • March for housing

    Dr. King Jr. marches in Chicago

  • King Jr. publishes fourth book "Where Do We Go From Here"

  • Sanitation Strike in Memphis Tennessee

    King Jr. marches with sanitation workers

  • Last Speech

    King Jr. delivers final speech at rally at Mason Temple

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

    King Jr. assassinated on balcony of hotel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray