Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline

1929- Martin Luther King Jr. is born

1948- He graduates from college

1953- He marries Coretta Scott

1955- He earns a doctor degree

1956- His house bombed

1958- He makes his first book called Stride Toward Freedom

1963-Give his “I have a dream” speech in Washington D.C.

1964-Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

1968- He is assassinated in Tennessee

1986- A holiday is named.

after him in January

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