Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Part I
Updated December 10, 2021 | David Johnson

Part I: Youth
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. |
1944 | Graduates high school at age 15, enters Morehouse College shortly thereafter. |
1948 | Receives BA in sociology from Morehouse College at age 19. |
1951 | Receives degree from Crozer Theological Seminary (Chester, Pa.), enrolls in Boston University Ph.D program. |
1953 | Marries New England Conservatory music student Coretta Scott; they eventually have four children. |
1954 | Becomes minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama. |
1955 | Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University. |
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