MLK JR timeline

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  • Martin Luther King's birth

    Martin Luther King's birth
    Martin Luther King was born in Georgia, Atlanta on 15 January to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr and Alberta Williams King.

  • MLK JR marries

    MLK JR marries
    On 18 June, 1953 King married a lady names Coretta Scott. In the lawn of Coretta’s parents house in their hometown Heiberger, Alabama.

  • MLK JR first born

    MLK JR first born
    Martin Luther King had his first child named Yolanda Denise King who was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She was born on 17 November 1955.

  • MLK JR awarded Nobel Peace Prize

    MLK JR awarded Nobel Peace Prize
    Martin Luther King was awarded the Novel Peace Prize because of how he showed men, nations and more particularly races that a struggle can be waged without violence. He wanted to end all discrimination.

  • MLK JR death

    MLK JR death
    April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated, standing on a balcony in front of his room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.