1. Martin Luther King Jr.

2. Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia

3. Education B.A. degree in Sociology from Morehouse College in 1948 B.A. degree in Sociology from Morehouse College in 1948 B.D. degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951 B.D. degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951 Doctorate of Philosophy from Boston University in 1955 Doctorate of Philosophy from Boston University in 1955

4. Family Wife Married Coretta Scott in 1953

5. Family Sons Martin Luther III Dexter Scott Daughters Yolanda Denise Bernice Albertine

6. Important Dates and Events December 5, 1955 Elected President of Montgomery Improvement Association during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

7. Important Dates and Events December 21, 1956 Montgomery buses desegregate

8. Important Dates and Events February 14, 1957 Elected President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

9. Important Dates and Events August 28, 1963 Delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” Speech in front of 250,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

10. Important Dates and Events April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

11. Awards and Accomplishments Time Man of the Year in 1963 Time Man of the Year in 1963 John Dewey Award 1964 John Dewey Award 1964 John F. Kennedy Award 1964 John F. Kennedy Award 1964 Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Marcus Garvey Prize for Human Rights 1968 Marcus Garvey Prize for Human Rights 1968 Rosa L. Parks Award 1968 Rosa L. Parks Award 1968

12. Martin Luther King JR. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

13. Sources Books Bishop, J. (1971). The Days of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Putnam. Bishop, J. (1971). The Days of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Putnam. Davidson, M. (1986). I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Scholastic. Davidson, M. (1986). I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Scholastic. Young, M. B. (1968). The Picture life of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: F. Watts. Young, M. B. (1968). The Picture life of Martin Luther King Jr. New York: F. Watts.Photos Martin Luther King Jr. Photos retrieved December 03, 2005 from http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images? _adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va =martin+luther+king+jr&fr=slv1-&ei=UTF-8 Martin Luther King Jr. Photos retrieved December 03, 2005 from http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images? _adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va =martin+luther+king+jr&fr=slv1-&ei=UTF-8 http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images? _adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va =martin+luther+king+jr&fr=slv1-&ei=UTF-8 http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images? _adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va =martin+luther+king+jr&fr=slv1-&ei=UTF-8