facts about his life
the civil rights movement
100

what year was he born

1928

100

what year did he join the boycott?

1955

200

who is his parents?

The Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr.

200

when did the supreme court rule that bus segregation was illegal

1956

300

where did he live?

Atlanta Georgia

300

when did MLK speak to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, D.C.

1957

400

when and where did he graduated

Booker T. Washington High School in 1944

400

On a speaking tour, Martin Luther King, Jr. is nearly killed when stabbed by an assailant in Harlem - what year did this happen?

1958

500

where and what college does he graduate from?

Graduates from Morehouse College and enters Crozer Theological Seminary in 1948

500

what year did he die

1968