MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

TIMELINE

Born on January 15
in Atlanta, Georgia 1 1929

Graduated from high

1944 2 school at the age of 15

Graduated from
Morehouse College with a
degree in sociology
3 1948

Graduated from Crozer

1951 4 Theological Seminary with a
Bachelor of Divinity degree

Became pastor of Dexter

Avenue Baptist Church in
Montgomery, Alabama
5 1954

Led the Montgomery bus

boycott after Rosa Parks
1955 6 was arrested for refusing to
give up her seat on a bus

Helped found the Southern

7
Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC) and became 1957
its first president

Led the March on Washington

8
for Jobs and Freedom and
1963 delivered his famous "I Have a
Dream" speech

Received the Nobel Peace

Prize for his work in the
civil rights movement
9 1964

Helped organize the Selma

1965 10 to Montgomery marches
to demand voting rights
for African Americans

Assassinated on
April 4 in Memphis,
Tennessee
11 1968