January 15, 1929: ·Martin Luther King, Jr. is born September 20, 1944: ·King enters Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia June 1948: ·King graduates from Morehouse College with a Bachelor's Degree in sociology September 1948: ·King enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania June 1951: ·King graduates with a Bachelor's Degree in Divinity studies September 1951: ·King enters Boston University June 18, 1953: ·King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama May 17, 1954: ·United States Supreme Court rules segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas October 31, 1954: ·King becomes pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama June 5, 1955: ·King receives his PhD from Boston University November 17, 1955: ·King's first child, Yolanda Denise, is born December 1, 1955: ·Rosa Parks is arrested for disobeying segregationist policies on a Montgomery bus December 5, 1955: ·Montgomery Bus Boycott begins January 30, 1956: ·King's home is bombed November 13, 1956: ·United States Supreme Court rules bus segregation unconstitutional January 1957: ·Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms in Atlanta, electing King president February 1957: ·King is featured on the cover of Time Magazine October 23, 1957: ·King's second child, Martin Luther King III, is born September 17, 1958: ·King's first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published September 20, 1958: ·A mentally ill black woman stabs King in at a Harlem book- signing February 1959: ·King studies non-violent tactics during a trip to India January 1960: ·King returns to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta October 19, 1960: ·King is arrested in Atlanta, at one of hundreds of sit-ins that occur throughout the year January 30, 1961: ·King's third child, Dexter Scott, is born May 1961: ·King assists in negotiations for the Freedom Riders December 1961: ·King goes to Albany Georgia, to aid a desegregation campaign, and is arrested July 27, 1962: ·King is arrested again in Albany March 28, 1963: ·King's fourth child, Bernice Albertina, is born April 1963: ·King spends a week in a Birmingham, Alabama jail and writes a letter to the nation May 3-5, 1963: ·Police attack protestors in Birmingham June 1963: ·King's second book, a collection of sermons, Strength to Love is published August 28, 1963: ·250,000 people march on Washington, and King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech December 3, 1963: ·King meets with Lyndon Johnson to discuss civil rights legislation January 1964: · Time Magazine names King "Man of the Year" June 1964: ·King's book Why We Can't Wait is published. July 1964: ·The Civil Rights Act is signed into law September 18, 1964: ·King meets with Pope Pius VI December 10, 1964: ·King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway February 2, 1965: ·King arrested in Selma, Alabama, during voter-registration drive February 21, 1965: ·Malcolm X is assassinated March 1965: ·King leads a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery August 1965: ·President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law August 1965: ·Massive rioting occurs in Watts, California August 1965: ·King begins to speak out against the Vietnam War February 1966: ·King moves to Chicago to commence a SCLC campaign there June 1966: ·Stokely Carmichael popularizes Black Power as a civil rights rallying cry July 1966: ·King leads demonstrations in Chicago April 4, 1967: ·King delivers his first sermon devoted entirely to the issue of Vietnam November 27, 1967: ·King announces his vision of a Poor People's March on Washington March 28, 1968: ·King leads a march of black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee April 4, 1968: ·King is assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, in Memphis
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