The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr was born

Jan 16, 1929

Graduated from Booker T. Washington high school and went to Morehouse College at 15

Jan 16, 1944

Ordained to be a minister at 19.

Feb 25, 1948

Enters graduate school

Jan 16, 1951

Marries Coretta Scott

Jan 16, 1953

Became official spokesman for the Bus Boycotts in Montgomery

Dec 5, 1955

Dr. King speaks to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, DC.

May 17, 1957

Dr. King met with Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 16, 1958

to discuss problems African Americans were having

Moves to Atlanta to focus on the civil rights movement

Jan 16, 1959

Dr. King is arrested while sitting in a restaurant

Jan 16, 1960

Supreme Court bans segregation in interstate travel

Jan 16, 1961

Dr. King is arrested and writes the "Letter to the Birmingham Jail"

Apr 12, 1963

March on Washington and Dr. King gives his "I have a dream" speech

Aug 28, 1963

Dr. King is on the cover of Time's magazine

Jan 3, 1964

Dr. King attends the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jul 2, 1964

President Johnson signs voting rights act

Jan 16, 1965

King begins to march

Jun 16, 1966

For working conditions, living conditions and equality

Dr. King is shot on a balcony in Tennessee

Apr 4, 1968

Dr. King's funeral

Apr 9, 1968

A national holiday is proclaimed in Dr. King's Honor

Nov 2, 1986