Timeline

Timeline

• January 15, 1929- King was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
• February 25, 1948- King became a Baptist Minister.
• June 21, 1948- King graduated from Morehouse College.
• June 18, 1953- King married Coretta Scott.
• October 13, 1954- King became a pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery Alabama.
• June 5, 1955- King received his PhD from Boston University.
• December 1, 1955- King became a leader of Montgomery bus boycott, which helped end the separation of blacks and whites on buses.
• August 28, 1963- King led the March on Washington and gave his "I have a dream" speech. Almost 250,000 people listened to his speech in the nation's capital.
• December 10, 1964- King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.
• March 21, 1965- King led thousands of protesters 50 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
• April 4, 1968- King was assassinated.