A Timeline of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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A Timeline of the
Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. January 15, 1929 — Martin Luther
King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia. 1948 — At the age of 19, King graduates
from Morehouse College with a B.A. in sociology. 1951 — King graduates
from Crozer Theological
Seminary with a B.Div. degree. June 18, 1953 — King marries
Coretta Scott in Heiberger, Alabama. June 6, 1955 — Dr. King receives his Ph.D.
degree in systematic theology at Boston University. December 1, 1955 — Rosa Parks refuses
to give up her seat on a Montgomery city
bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. Dr. King leads the 385 day boycott —
enduring arrest and a house bombing —
resulting in the end of racial segregation
on all Montgomery public buses. September 20, 1958 — Dr. King is stabbed
in the chest by a mentally ill woman in
a Harlem department store during a book signing. April, 1963 — Dr. King is arrested for the 13th time
during the Birmingham campaign. He composes his
famous Letter from Birmingham Jail. August 28, 1963 — Dr. King delivers
his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on
the steps of the Lincoln memorial
during the March on Washington. The speech helped the passage
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. October 14, 1964 — Dr. King is
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. March 25, 1965 — During the march from Selma to
Montgomery, King declared, "the arc of the moral
universe is long, but it bends toward justice." April 15, 1967 — King speaks against
the Vietnam War, stating, "I would like
to see the fervor of the civil-rights
movement imbued into the peace movement." April 4, 1968 — Dr. King is
assassinated by James Earl Ray
at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN.

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