TIMELINE

MARTIN LUTHER
KING
1929
Martin luther King
born in Atlanta,
Georgia

1948
Earned his bachelor of
Arts Degree in Sociology
from Morehouse college

1953
Married Coretta
Scott on June 18,
1953

1954
Accepted the position of
paster at Dexter avenue
Baptist Church in
Montgomery, Alabama

1955
Leads the Montgomery
Bus Boycott after Rosa
Parks refuses to give up
her seat

1963
Delivers his iconic ‘I Have A
Dream’ speech,
expressing his vision for
racial equality

1964
Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize

1968
King is tragically
assassinated on the balcony
of the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tennessee