Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline By layla.perez Jan 15, 1929 Birthday Jun 3, 1946 Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel Jun 18, 1953 Marries Coretta Scott King Oct 31, 1954 Dr. King became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Church Jun 5, 1955 Receives Ph. D in Systematic Theology Jan 30, 1956 House is bombed Feb 14, 1957 Becomes President of S. Christian Leadership Conference Sep 9, 1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 Aug 28, 1963 I Have A Dream Speech Aug 6, 1965 President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act Apr 3, 1968 I’ve Been to the Mountain Top speech Apr 3, 1968 Lead a march in Memphis, Tennessee Apr 4, 1968 Murder of MLK, Jr. Nov 2, 1983 MLK, Jr. Day becomes national holiday Jan 30, 2006 Coretta Scott King Dies
