Summer of 1941
The King family -- Martin Luther King, Sr. (Daddy King), Alberta Williams King, Willie Christine King, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Alfred Daniel Williams King (known as A. D. King) -- moves from 501 Auburn Avenue to 193 Boulevard in Atlanta.
20th of September, 1944
King begins his freshman year at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
6th of August, 1946
The Atlanta Constitution publishes King’s letter to the editor stating that black people "are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens."
25th of February, 1948
King is ordained and appointed assistant pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
8th of June, 1948
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14th of September, 1948
King begins his studies at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.
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6th-8th of May, 1951
King graduates from Crozer with a bachelor of divinity degree, delivering the valedictory address at commencement.
13th of September, 1951
King begins his graduate studies in systematic theology at Boston University.
18th of June, 1953
King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.
1st of September, 1954
King begins his pastorate at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
1st of December, 1955
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to vacate her seat and move to the rear of a city bus in Montgomery to make way for a white passenger. Jo Ann Robinson and other Women’s Political Council members mimeograph thousands of leaflets calling for a one-day boycott of the city’s buses on Monday, 5 December.
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