Timeline of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. by Hawa Sakho [STUDENT]

The Birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, GA on January 15, 1929. His name was "Michael" when he was first born. His parents were both college-educated. He was the second of three children.

Going to Elementary School

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attended Yonge Elementary School on September 1, 1933. Martin Luther King, Jr. began school, before reaching the legal age of six, at the Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta. When his age was discovered, he was not permitted to continue in school and did not resume his education until he was six.

Dr. Martin Luther King Goes to High School

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went to high school in 1942, but ended up skipping two grades. (Ninth and twelfth). He went through the public schools of Atlanta for a period, and then he went to what was then known as the Atlanta University Laboratory High School for two years. After that school closed, he went to Booker T. Washington High School. The community in which he was born was quite ordinary in terms of social status.

College Life

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Dr. Martin Luther King went to Morehouse college after high school. As an all black university, Morehouse College was fertile ground for the young Martin Luther King Jr. He entered the college as an early-admission student in 1944 at the age of 15. He received his PhD that June.

Getting Married

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On June 18th, 1953 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. got married. He married Correta Scott. Coretta Scott met Martin Luther King, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts where they were both attending university; she at the New England Conservatory, and he at Boston University.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Has His First Kid

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He had his first child on November 17th, 1955. Her name was Yolanda Denise. She was just 12 years old when her father was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Helping Organize The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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On January 10, 1957, King helped organize a southern Christian Leadership Conference.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in an effort to replicate the successful strategy and tactics of the recently concluded Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.

Meeting With the President

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On June 23rd, 1958, King and other Civil Rights leaders met with President Dwight Eisenhower in Washington D.C. President Eisenhower discusses racial discrimination with King and other black civil rights leaders at the White House.

Journey to India

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On February 3rd, 1959 he embarked on a month-long with prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and many of Ghandi's followers. Following the success of the boycott in 1956, King traveled to India to deepen his understanding of Gandhian principles.

The End of Dr. King But Not the End of His Legacy

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On April 4th, 1968 King was killed. He was killed by an assassin on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The last words of Dr. Martin Luther King were utterly in character. “Be sure to sing Blessed Lord tonight — and sing it well."