Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Part II
Updated January 11, 2020 | David Johnson

Part II: Early Activism
1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | Next: National Figure |
1955 | The 26-year-old King leads boycott of segregated Montgomery buses, gains national reputation. |
1956 | King's house is bombed |
1957 | King helps found Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). |
1958 | Writes Stride Toward Freedom, about the bus boycott. |
1959 | Visits India to study nonviolence and civil disobedience. |
1960 | Joins his father as co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. |
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