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Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Part I: Youth

by David Johnson

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1929	1948	1951	1953	1954	1955	Next: Early Activism

1929	Martin Luther King, Jr., is born in Atlanta to teacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael Luther King. Top
1944	Graduates high school at age 15, enters Morehouse College shortly thereafter. Top
1948	Receives BA in sociology from Morehouse College at age 19. Top
1951	Receives degree from Crozer Theological Seminary (Chester, Pa.), enrolls in Boston University Ph.D program. Top
1953	Marries New England Conservatory music student Coretta Scott; they eventually have four children. Top
1954	Becomes minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama. Top
1955	Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University. Top
Next: Early Activism
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