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Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta Georgia, to Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King
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He begins his studies at Morehouse College in Atlanta at the age of 15
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The Atlanta Constitution publishes King's letter to the editor stating that black people "are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens."
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King graduates and receives his bachelor arts degree in sociology from Morehouse College -
Rosa Park refuses to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery Alabama in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which MLK came out as leader in the boycott -
MLK house was bombed in retaliation for his involvement in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
King performed his infamous "I have a Dream Speech" at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for over 250,000 people -
MLK receives the Nobel peace prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. -
King was assassinated by James Earl Ray while Standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee, where he had come to support striking sanitation workers.