Timeline by Amare Harris

September 20, 1944

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Martin Luther King begins going to Morehousecollege in Atlanta to pursue Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology at the age of 15.

January 15, 1929

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Micheal/Martin luther king Jr, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His father worked as a senior pastor.

September 14, 1948

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Martin Luther king begins at a new college BostonUniversity in Boston, Massachusetts to pursue his Doctorate of philosophy from BostonUniversity. Martin meets his wife Coretta Scott here in Boston

Septmber 1st, 1954

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Martin Luther King begins to work as a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

December 1st, 1955

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Martin Luther King held a speech after the event of Rosa Parks refusing to move her seat on the bus.

January 10, 1957

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Martin Luther king founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with 2 other ministers C. K. Steele and Fred Shuttlesworth

April 1963

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Martin Luther King went to Birmingham to attack the city's segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham's merchants. Martin was arrested and wrote his letter "Letter from Birmingham Jail” to respond to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South.

August 28, 1963

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In washington, Martin Luther King held his "I had A Dream" speech.

March 17, 1965

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Martin Luther King leads civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery after a U.S. District judge upholds the right of demonstrators to conduct an orderly march.

April 4, 1968

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Martin luther king was shot and killed by James Earl Ray while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.