MLK timeline

By pringlerj

  • 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

    ~Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ 1919
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    MLK timeline

  • ~Martin Luther King was born in 1929

  • ~Sam Cooke ‘The Little Light of Mine’ 1950’s

    ~Sam Cooke ‘The Little Light of Mine’ 1950’s

  • Berlin Jazz Festival

    ~In 1964, Dr.Martin Jr. delivered the opening address to the Berlin Jazz Festival

  • ~Grant Green ‘Selma March’ 1965

    ~Grant Green ‘Selma March’ 1965

  • Restraining Order was filed but repealed on the 21st

  • Final 4-day March

    a march took place from Selma to Montgomery for the passing of voting rights for blacks in March 1965

  • Voting Rights for blacks

    In 1965 a law was passed in which legal segregation was now prohibited and voting was open to people of any skin color

  • 'I Wish I Knew'

    ~Nina Simone ‘I Wish I Knew (How it would feel to be Free)’ 1967

  • Martin Luther Kings 86th Birthday

  • MLK Day