mlk timeline

By abbotmar

  • Martin Luther King jr.

    Martin Luther King jr.
    he was born

  • the formative years

    the formative years
    In February 1948, he became a Baptist minister

  • wedding bells are ringing

    wedding bells are ringing
    In 1953, Coretta and King got married in Marion, Alabama.

  • joining the struggle

    joining the struggle
    Martin Luther King, Jr. was elected their president for the mongomery improvement association

  • leader of the nations civil right movement

    leader of the nations civil right movement
    he became chairman of the Southern Negro Leaders Conference

  • he's a author

    he's a author
    he came out with his first book

  • disaster

    whites bomed the hotel were Martin Luter King was staying

  • success amld struggle

    King and 770 other demonstrators were arrested in Selema Alabama

  • expanded the movement

    In 1966, King brought his struggle for equal rights to Chicago.

  • loosing a leader

    Martin Luther King was shot to death on a balcony of his motel.