Martin Luther King, Jr. Time Line By EmberHD Jan 15, 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia Jun 21, 1948 Graduated from Morehouse Collage Jun 18, 1953 Married Coretta Scott Feb 25, 1954 King became a baptist minister Oct 13, 1954 King became a pastor in Montgomery Alabama Jun 5, 1955 Recieved his PHD Dec 1, 1955 Became a leader of the Montgomery bus boycot Aug 28, 1963 Led the march on washington and gave his i have a dream speech Kings March Dec 5, 1964 Received a nobel prize Nobel Prize Mar 21, 1965 Led thousands of protesters 50 miles from Selma to Montgomery Alabama Apr 4, 1968 King was assasinated Kings Death