Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Born on January 15, 1929. Parents: The Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr. Home: Atlanta, Georgia.

Died on April 4, 1968. Location: Memphis, Tennessee

1929

1968

1955

Martin joins the bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955.

Martin arrested in Birmingham, Alabama on April 12, 1963. He wrote his Letters from Birmingham Jail at this time.

Visited India to study Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence.

1963

1958

By Mr. Biggs

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