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MLK Timeline
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• The M arch on W ashington held Aug. 28 is the
largest civil rights demonstration in history with
nearly 250,000people in attendance.
• At the march, King makes his famous I Have a
Dream speech.
• On Nov. 22, President Kennedy is assassi
nated.
• After President Johnson signs the Voting Rights
Act into law, Martin Luther King Jr. turns to
socioeconomic problems.
1965
• On Feb. 2, King is arrested in Selma, Ala.
during a voting rights demonstration.
• The S upreme Court upholds a conviction of
MLK by a B irmingham court for demonstrating
without a permit. King spends four days in Bir-
minghamjail.
• On Nov. 27, King announces the inception o f
the Poor People's Campaign focusing on jobs and
freedom for the poor of all races.
1968
• King announces that the Poor People's C am
paign will culminate in a March on Washington
demanding a $ 12 billion Economic Bill of Rights
guaranteeing employment to the able-bodied,
incomes to those unable to work, and an end to
housing discrimination.
• Dr. King marches in support of sanitation
workers on strike in Memphis, Tenn.
• On M arch 28, King leads a march that turns
violent. This was the first time one o f his events had
1964
• On Jan. 3, King appears on the cover o f Time
m agazine as its Man of the Year.
• King attends the signing ceremony of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 at the White House on July 2.
• During the summer, King experiences his first
hurtful rejection by black people when he is stoned
by black Muslims in Harlem.
• King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec.
10. Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace at age 35.
1967
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1966
• On Jan. 22, King
moves into a Chi
cago slum tenement
to attract attention to
the living conditions
of the poor.«
• In June, King and
others begin the
March Against Fear
through the South.
• On July 10, King
initiates a campaign
to end discrimination
in housing, employ
ment, and schools in
Chicago.
’ Do not condemn
the man that cannot
think or act as fast
as you can. Because
there was a time
when you could not
do things
as well as
you can
today.
-- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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