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Page 4I Portland Observer, January 14, 1987
C h ro n o lo g y o f th e life o f Dr. M a rtin Luther King, J r
1929
1954
1956
January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr., is born to Rev and Mrs. Martin Luther
King, Sr., at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. Georgia
May
The U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously in Brown vs. Board
o f Education that racial segregation in public schools is unconsti
tutional.
January
King is arrested in Montgomery and released on his own recog
nuance A bomb is thrown onto the porch of the King home.
1935-1944
F e b ru a ry
King attends Dsvid T. Howard Elementary School, Atlanta Uni
versity Laboratory School, Booker T. W ashington High School
arxl enters Morehouse at age 15
1947
18 year old King is licensed to preach and becomes assistant to
he father, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
October
Rev. King is installed as the 20th pastor o f the Dexter Avenue
Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alatiama
King is indicted with other protesters on the charge of being part
of a conspiracy to prevent the operation of business without '/ust or
leyal cause "
1955
June
A United States district court rules that racial segregation on city
bus lines is unconstitutional
June
King earns a Ph D. degree in systematic theology from Boston
University.
December
Mrs. Rosa Parks is arrested because she refuses to give her seat
to a white man. The bus boycott starts on December 5th and King
Dr. King and Rev Ralph Abernathy visit West Berlin at the invita
1948
February
King is ordined to the Baptist ministry
O ctober
The mayor of Montgomery instructs the city council "to file such
proceedings as it may deem proper to stop the operation o f car
pools and transportation systems growing out of the boycott."
Novem ber
United States Supreme Court upholds decision of district court in
declanng Alabama's segregation on buses laws unconstitutional.
(Continued on next page)
June
King graduates from Morehouse College with a B.A degree in
sociology.
September
King enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsyl
vania. Here he begins a serious study of the life and teachings of
Mafiatrna Gandhi
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1953
Mames Coretta Scott in Mahon, Alabama
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