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Do you have the day? Are you doing anything to honor Dr. MLK? What do you think about having this day off?
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I'm glad somebody posted this because I work from home and often forget to take such holidays off! lol
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I think it is very good for all of us to take a moment and remember what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for civil rights in this country. I work in an industry that does not recognize the holiday, but I still can pause an remember a great man.
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I think it is very good for all of us to take a moment and remember what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for civil rights in this country. I work in an industry that does not recognize the holiday, but I still can pause an remember a great man.
Most places do not recognize this as a holiday. I do not agree with shutting the country down for all these stupid holidays.
And yes, I think it is stupid to shut the country down for all these people's birthday or this or that. You want to honor them then that is fine - honor them. But I do not agree with shutting down the mail, banks, and everything else.
Heck most places do not even close for Christmas anymore.
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I'm glad somebody posted this because I work from home and often forget to take such holidays off! lol
When I hear people say they "work from home" I am always curious as to what they do. If they have a real job or do surveys and call that a job. I talked to a woman at the vet who said oh she worked from home. No, she draws a check off the government which pays her bills. She does surveys for extra spending money. And she tells people she works from home.
If people will take the bait she refers them and tries to get them to join under her then she makes money off them as a referral. But without the government check she would not be able to make it.
I know another woman who "works from HER home" but she works for an insurance company and if you ask he where she works she does not say "I work from home" she says the name of the insurance company. And unless the conversation really progresses you do not know she works from her house.
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Martin Luther King Jr day is a paid holiday at my work. It took over Easter as a paid holiday.
Since I work at a 24/7 group home, staff does work today.
MLK was a great man in our country's history and his works are to be appreciated and honored. I personally do not do anything special to honor the day. It is work as usual.
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I do not like this day. No mail, no bank and no check.
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I appreciate having the day off. It's too cold to go out anyway. Stay warm and safe everybody.
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I don't have the day off but I will take a moment to remember this most influential civil rights leader and all his achievements.
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No day off since retired. I see no problem with closing institutions to celebrate someone or something. Sometimes it actually makes people think about the people they're celebrating.
I have great respect for Martin Luther King. The things I heard about him on the radio today make me want to read his biography. He was a highly intelligent and educated man. Remarkably so. :star:
I always enjoyed having days off for whatever reason when I was working and when I was going to school. :party:
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Martin Luther King Jr day is a paid holiday at my work. It took over Easter as a paid holiday.
Since I work at a 24/7 group home, staff does work today.
MLK was a great man in our country's history and his works are to be appreciated and honored. I personally do not do anything special to honor the day. It is work as usual.
I never worked any where that this was a paid day off. I don't even know that I have ever worked any where that this was a day off. lol. I remember a job I worked on a while back they took Easter off the paid holidays. A lot of people were really upset about that. It does seem like they replaced it with some other day but I do not remember what.
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I did not even think of it until I went by the bank as I needed to deposit a check what day it was. most days just blend together anymore. And until some thing reminds me it is a holiday I really just blow it. No Christmas is one I don't. It is the birth of Christ and Easter I never forget because he rose. Those two besides the 4th. of July and Memorial day are the only true holidays for me.
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I think it is very good for all of us to take a moment and remember what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for civil rights in this country. I work in an industry that does not recognize the holiday, but I still can pause an remember a great man.
Most places do not recognize this as a holiday. I do not agree with shutting the country down for all these stupid holidays.
And yes, I think it is stupid to shut the country down for all these people's birthday or this or that. You want to honor them then that is fine - honor them. But I do not agree with shutting down the mail, banks, and everything else.
Heck most places do not even close for Christmas anymore.
Contro-versial Girl maybe has a problem with blacks?My gut says that cos she worded it as "STUPID"
At least this time of the yr its REALLY his birthday.She celebrates Xmas.Nothing in bible to prove 12/25 was Jesus BD.
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It is a good day to remember Martin Luther King Jr. For all that he has done.
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I did have MLK day off. It was bitter cold today, so I did not attend the parade or visit his statute. I think this day should be one that we all sit back and think about. Not just white and black, but with all that is going on like the Govt Shutdown, the wall, people not working, people saying hurtful thing about others....we all need to step back and think about all of this. Hate causes more Hate. Definitely not Making America Great Again.
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I did have MLK day off. It was bitter cold today, so I did not attend the parade or visit his statute. I think this day should be one that we all sit back and think about. Not just white and black, but with all that is going on like the Govt Shutdown, the wall, people not working, people saying hurtful thing about others....we all need to step back and think about all of this. Hate causes more Hate. Definitely not Making America Great Again.
People need to think about all that is going on in the world and our county all the time. Not just today. I was kind of with you up until the last line. Then it seems like a subtle dig at Trump. The thing is we are at a standstill and the democrats have NO right to scream Trump won't compromise when THEY won't either. You are right in saying hate breeds more hate. I do not know how the country was pre-civil-war because I was not here. lol. But I can say I have never seen our country so divided and so full of hate. And it is getting worse. I have said it before - people find out which side of the line you are on politically and if they do not agree with you they automatically hate you, will try to get your fired from your job, do anything they can to cause problems for you. People can't shut up long enough to listen to what you are even saying. It is sad and scary. I have seen news stories where innocent people are attacked physically and verbally because of a political bumper sticker on their car. The division started a long time ago. This is not something new. But it needs to end. We can swim together or we can sink together.
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I did have MLK day off. It was bitter cold today, so I did not attend the parade or visit his statute. I think this day should be one that we all sit back and think about. Not just white and black, but with all that is going on like the Govt Shutdown, the wall, people not working, people saying hurtful thing about others....we all need to step back and think about all of this. Hate causes more Hate. Definitely not Making America Great Again.
People need to think about all that is going on in the world and our county all the time. Not just today. I was kind of with you up until the last line. Then it seems like a subtle dig at Trump. The thing is we are at a standstill and the democrats have NO right to scream Trump won't compromise when THEY won't either. You are right in saying hate breeds more hate. I do not know how the country was pre-civil-war because I was not here. lol. But I can say I have never seen our country so divided and so full of hate. And it is getting worse. I have said it before - people find out which side of the line you are on politically and if they do not agree with you they automatically hate you, will try to get your fired from your job, do anything they can to cause problems for you. People can't shut up long enough to listen to what you are even saying. It is sad and scary. I have seen news stories where innocent people are attacked physically and verbally because of a political bumper sticker on their car. The division started a long time ago. This is not something new. But it needs to end. We can swim together or we can sink together.
America great again?When was it great before?
When we dropped 2 atomic bombs and wiped out 100s of 1000s?
When i/2 million soldiers died in Vietnam over nonsense?
When 3000 people lost their lives on 9/11?
When senseless shooting dominate our soil?
When there are many homeless and starving and out of work?
If this is great id hate to see turmoil!
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Do you have the day? Are you doing anything to honor Dr. MLK? What do you think about having this day off?
Hello! :D :)
I actually didn't have the day off am currently working at this moment. I try to honor Martin Luther King each day as a black women, by doing the things we only dream of back in the 40s. I'm forever grateful each and everyday. :D :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose: :heart: :rose:
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Martin Luther King Jr., Timeline
When an individual is as famous as Martin Luther King Jr. there is sometimes a lot of information to go through to get a full biography; however, a timeline will help you get to the most important points of King's life, while still giving a firm foundation of knowledge about him.
Timeline of King's Life
Below, we have chronicled the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. in a timeline with help from the online library at Louisiana State University.
1929
Martin Luther King Jr. is born on January 15 to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. His birthplace was Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, the family had one other child - a daughter. Later, they would have another son.
1944
He graduates from high school at age 15 and begins attending Morehouse College. He was an extremely bright and intelligent man. He skipped over two grades in high school, which allowed him to start attending college when he was 15.
1948
Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from Morehouse College, and goes right on to study at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Atlanta. His father was a Reverend, and although King Jr. had doubts about Christianity early in life, he went on to fully embrace the mission of the religion and how it was connected to his goals.
On February 25 of this year, he was ordained into the Baptist ministry at the age of 19.
1951
He begins attending Boston University for graduate work. He studied systematic theology and received a Doctor of Philosophy.
1953
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married. They established their residency in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955
He completed his Doctorate degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University.
He joined the Montgomery bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1 for refusing to give up her bus seat.
On December 5 King was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association and he became the official spokesperson for the boycott, which became one of the most prominent events of the civil rights movement.
1957
Martin Luther King Jr. created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with 60 black ministers from Atlanta. The group's mission was to fight against segregation and racism.
On May 17th he gives a speech to 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
1958
Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act.
He was stabbed in Harlem while signing his newly-published, first book Stride Toward Freedom.
1959
He had been the pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. However during this year, he decided to leave that position so that he could focus on the civil rights movement full time.
He moves back to Atlanta to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. King traveled to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru to study the nonviolence techniques of Mohandas Gandhi.
1960
He returned with his family to Atlanta and became co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father.
He was arrested during one of the lunch counter sit-ins which occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was supposed to spend four months in jail; however, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were able to get him released from jail.
1961
Martin Luther King Jr. convinces the Interstate Commerce Commission to prohibit segregation on public transportation going between states.
The Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) started their first Freedom Ride in a bus through the southern states.
1962
He is arrested in Albany, Georgia and jailed.
1963
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in April with Ralph Albernathy in Birmingham Alabama for demonstrating without a permit. He spent eleven days in jail during which he wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail.
The Birmingham campaign becomes a major turning point for the civil rights movement resulting in desegregation of the schools and retail establishments.
In June King led over 125,000 people on the Freedom Walk in Detroit in June.
The March on Washington occurs in August, and he makes the extremely famous I Have a Dream speech to 250,000 people.
King is declared Man of the Year by Time magazine.
1964
King attends the July 2 signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the White House in Washington.
On December 10, at the age of 35, King becomes the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
1965
King is arrested in February while he is demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
Governor George Wallace refuses to grant a permit to the 500 marchers in King's march from Selma to Montgomery designed to show the need for voter rights and to support the Voting Rights Bill which was unsigned. The march continued and over 10,000 started the march with King, joined by another 25,000 in Montgomery.
1966
In January King moves into a Chicago slum tenement in order to bring to light the housing problems that the black community faced.
In June Martin Luther King Jr., along with other individuals, starts the March Against Fear in the south.
1967
The Supreme Court upholds the 1963 Birmingham conviction and King spends four days in the the Birmingham jail.
In November the Poor People's Campaign begins and is targeted at people who were facing poverty.
1968
King announces that the Poor People's Campaign will march on Washington to demand support of the $12 billion Economic Bill of Rights which guaranteed employment, income to those who are unable to work and the end of discrimination.
King marches in support of sanitation workers in Memphis.
He delivers the I've Been to the Mountaintop speech in Memphis.
On April 4, he is shot while standing on the balcony at his hotel, and later dies. His death is followed by riots in 130 U.S. cities. His funeral was on April 9th and had international attendance.
1983
On November 2, Martin Luther King Day was proclaimed as a federal holiday by President Ronald Reagan.
1986
Martin Luther King Day first observed.
2000
Martin Luther King Day observed nationwide for the first time.
2011
Martin Luther King Jr. memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s life ended in tragedy. However, he will always be remembered, and people across the nation continue to work to make his work and vision live on.
This was a wealth of information for me concerning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
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Martin Luther King Jr., Timeline
When an individual is as famous as Martin Luther King Jr. there is sometimes a lot of information to go through to get a full biography; however, a timeline will help you get to the most important points of King's life, while still giving a firm foundation of knowledge about him.
Timeline of King's Life
Below, we have chronicled the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. in a timeline with help from the online library at Louisiana State University.
1929
Martin Luther King Jr. is born on January 15 to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. His birthplace was Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, the family had one other child - a daughter. Later, they would have another son.
1944
He graduates from high school at age 15 and begins attending Morehouse College. He was an extremely bright and intelligent man. He skipped over two grades in high school, which allowed him to start attending college when he was 15.
1948
Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from Morehouse College, and goes right on to study at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Atlanta. His father was a Reverend, and although King Jr. had doubts about Christianity early in life, he went on to fully embrace the mission of the religion and how it was connected to his goals.
On February 25 of this year, he was ordained into the Baptist ministry at the age of 19.
1951
He begins attending Boston University for graduate work. He studied systematic theology and received a Doctor of Philosophy.
1953
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married. They established their residency in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955
He completed his Doctorate degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University.
He joined the Montgomery bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1 for refusing to give up her bus seat.
On December 5 King was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association and he became the official spokesperson for the boycott, which became one of the most prominent events of the civil rights movement.
1957
Martin Luther King Jr. created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with 60 black ministers from Atlanta. The group's mission was to fight against segregation and racism.
On May 17th he gives a speech to 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
1958
Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act.
He was stabbed in Harlem while signing his newly-published, first book Stride Toward Freedom.
1959
He had been the pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. However during this year, he decided to leave that position so that he could focus on the civil rights movement full time.
He moves back to Atlanta to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. King traveled to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru to study the nonviolence techniques of Mohandas Gandhi.
1960
He returned with his family to Atlanta and became co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father.
He was arrested during one of the lunch counter sit-ins which occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was supposed to spend four months in jail; however, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were able to get him released from jail.
1961
Martin Luther King Jr. convinces the Interstate Commerce Commission to prohibit segregation on public transportation going between states.
The Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) started their first Freedom Ride in a bus through the southern states.
1962
He is arrested in Albany, Georgia and jailed.
1963
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in April with Ralph Albernathy in Birmingham Alabama for demonstrating without a permit. He spent eleven days in jail during which he wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail.
The Birmingham campaign becomes a major turning point for the civil rights movement resulting in desegregation of the schools and retail establishments.
In June King led over 125,000 people on the Freedom Walk in Detroit in June.
The March on Washington occurs in August, and he makes the extremely famous I Have a Dream speech to 250,000 people.
King is declared Man of the Year by Time magazine.
1964
King attends the July 2 signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the White House in Washington.
On December 10, at the age of 35, King becomes the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
1965
King is arrested in February while he is demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
Governor George Wallace refuses to grant a permit to the 500 marchers in King's march from Selma to Montgomery designed to show the need for voter rights and to support the Voting Rights Bill which was unsigned. The march continued and over 10,000 started the march with King, joined by another 25,000 in Montgomery.
1966
In January King moves into a Chicago slum tenement in order to bring to light the housing problems that the black community faced.
In June Martin Luther King Jr., along with other individuals, starts the March Against Fear in the south.
1967
The Supreme Court upholds the 1963 Birmingham conviction and King spends four days in the the Birmingham jail.
In November the Poor People's Campaign begins and is targeted at people who were facing poverty.
1968
King announces that the Poor People's Campaign will march on Washington to demand support of the $12 billion Economic Bill of Rights which guaranteed employment, income to those who are unable to work and the end of discrimination.
King marches in support of sanitation workers in Memphis.
He delivers the I've Been to the Mountaintop speech in Memphis.
On April 4, he is shot while standing on the balcony at his hotel, and later dies. His death is followed by riots in 130 U.S. cities. His funeral was on April 9th and had international attendance.
1983
On November 2, Martin Luther King Day was proclaimed as a federal holiday by President Ronald Reagan.
1986
Martin Luther King Day first observed.
2000
Martin Luther King Day observed nationwide for the first time.
2011
Martin Luther King Jr. memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s life ended in tragedy. However, he will always be remembered, and people across the nation continue to work to make his work and vision live on.
This was a wealth of information for me concerning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
Jehovah will judge MLK as well as all of us and all that have passed.
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Martin Luther King Jr., Timeline
When an individual is as famous as Martin Luther King Jr. there is sometimes a lot of information to go through to get a full biography; however, a timeline will help you get to the most important points of King's life, while still giving a firm foundation of knowledge about him.
Timeline of King's Life
Below, we have chronicled the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. in a timeline with help from the online library at Louisiana State University.
1929
Martin Luther King Jr. is born on January 15 to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. His birthplace was Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, the family had one other child - a daughter. Later, they would have another son.
1944
He graduates from high school at age 15 and begins attending Morehouse College. He was an extremely bright and intelligent man. He skipped over two grades in high school, which allowed him to start attending college when he was 15.
1948
Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from Morehouse College, and goes right on to study at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Atlanta. His father was a Reverend, and although King Jr. had doubts about Christianity early in life, he went on to fully embrace the mission of the religion and how it was connected to his goals.
On February 25 of this year, he was ordained into the Baptist ministry at the age of 19.
1951
He begins attending Boston University for graduate work. He studied systematic theology and received a Doctor of Philosophy.
1953
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married. They established their residency in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955
He completed his Doctorate degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University.
He joined the Montgomery bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1 for refusing to give up her bus seat.
On December 5 King was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association and he became the official spokesperson for the boycott, which became one of the most prominent events of the civil rights movement.
1957
Martin Luther King Jr. created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with 60 black ministers from Atlanta. The group's mission was to fight against segregation and racism.
On May 17th he gives a speech to 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
1958
Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act.
He was stabbed in Harlem while signing his newly-published, first book Stride Toward Freedom.
1959
He had been the pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. However during this year, he decided to leave that position so that he could focus on the civil rights movement full time.
He moves back to Atlanta to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. King traveled to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru to study the nonviolence techniques of Mohandas Gandhi.
1960
He returned with his family to Atlanta and became co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father.
He was arrested during one of the lunch counter sit-ins which occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was supposed to spend four months in jail; however, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were able to get him released from jail.
1961
Martin Luther King Jr. convinces the Interstate Commerce Commission to prohibit segregation on public transportation going between states.
The Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) started their first Freedom Ride in a bus through the southern states.
1962
He is arrested in Albany, Georgia and jailed.
1963
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in April with Ralph Albernathy in Birmingham Alabama for demonstrating without a permit. He spent eleven days in jail during which he wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail.
The Birmingham campaign becomes a major turning point for the civil rights movement resulting in desegregation of the schools and retail establishments.
In June King led over 125,000 people on the Freedom Walk in Detroit in June.
The March on Washington occurs in August, and he makes the extremely famous I Have a Dream speech to 250,000 people.
King is declared Man of the Year by Time magazine.
1964
King attends the July 2 signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the White House in Washington.
On December 10, at the age of 35, King becomes the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
1965
King is arrested in February while he is demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
Governor George Wallace refuses to grant a permit to the 500 marchers in King's march from Selma to Montgomery designed to show the need for voter rights and to support the Voting Rights Bill which was unsigned. The march continued and over 10,000 started the march with King, joined by another 25,000 in Montgomery.
1966
In January King moves into a Chicago slum tenement in order to bring to light the housing problems that the black community faced.
In June Martin Luther King Jr., along with other individuals, starts the March Against Fear in the south.
1967
The Supreme Court upholds the 1963 Birmingham conviction and King spends four days in the the Birmingham jail.
In November the Poor People's Campaign begins and is targeted at people who were facing poverty.
1968
King announces that the Poor People's Campaign will march on Washington to demand support of the $12 billion Economic Bill of Rights which guaranteed employment, income to those who are unable to work and the end of discrimination.
King marches in support of sanitation workers in Memphis.
He delivers the I've Been to the Mountaintop speech in Memphis.
On April 4, he is shot while standing on the balcony at his hotel, and later dies. His death is followed by riots in 130 U.S. cities. His funeral was on April 9th and had international attendance.
1983
On November 2, Martin Luther King Day was proclaimed as a federal holiday by President Ronald Reagan.
1986
Martin Luther King Day first observed.
2000
Martin Luther King Day observed nationwide for the first time.
2011
Martin Luther King Jr. memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s life ended in tragedy. However, he will always be remembered, and people across the nation continue to work to make his work and vision live on.
This was a wealth of information for me concerning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
Martin Luther King Jr., Timeline
When an individual is as famous as Martin Luther King Jr. there is sometimes a lot of information to go through to get a full biography; however, a timeline will help you get to the most important points of King's life, while still giving a firm foundation of knowledge about him.
Timeline of King's Life
Below, we have chronicled the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. in a timeline with help from the online library at Louisiana State University.
1929
Martin Luther King Jr. is born on January 15 to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. His birthplace was Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, the family had one other child - a daughter. Later, they would have another son.
1944
He graduates from high school at age 15 and begins attending Morehouse College. He was an extremely bright and intelligent man. He skipped over two grades in high school, which allowed him to start attending college when he was 15.
1948
Martin Luther King Jr. graduates from Morehouse College, and goes right on to study at the Crozer Theological Seminary in Atlanta. His father was a Reverend, and although King Jr. had doubts about Christianity early in life, he went on to fully embrace the mission of the religion and how it was connected to his goals.
On February 25 of this year, he was ordained into the Baptist ministry at the age of 19.
1951
He begins attending Boston University for graduate work. He studied systematic theology and received a Doctor of Philosophy.
1953
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King were married. They established their residency in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955
He completed his Doctorate degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University.
He joined the Montgomery bus boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1 for refusing to give up her bus seat.
On December 5 King was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association and he became the official spokesperson for the boycott, which became one of the most prominent events of the civil rights movement.
1957
Martin Luther King Jr. created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with 60 black ministers from Atlanta. The group's mission was to fight against segregation and racism.
On May 17th he gives a speech to 15,000 people in Washington D.C.
1958
Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act.
He was stabbed in Harlem while signing his newly-published, first book Stride Toward Freedom.
1959
He had been the pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. However during this year, he decided to leave that position so that he could focus on the civil rights movement full time.
He moves back to Atlanta to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. King traveled to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru to study the nonviolence techniques of Mohandas Gandhi.
1960
He returned with his family to Atlanta and became co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church with his father.
He was arrested during one of the lunch counter sit-ins which occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was supposed to spend four months in jail; however, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were able to get him released from jail.
1961
Martin Luther King Jr. convinces the Interstate Commerce Commission to prohibit segregation on public transportation going between states.
The Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) started their first Freedom Ride in a bus through the southern states.
1962
He is arrested in Albany, Georgia and jailed.
1963
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in April with Ralph Albernathy in Birmingham Alabama for demonstrating without a permit. He spent eleven days in jail during which he wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail.
The Birmingham campaign becomes a major turning point for the civil rights movement resulting in desegregation of the schools and retail establishments.
In June King led over 125,000 people on the Freedom Walk in Detroit in June.
The March on Washington occurs in August, and he makes the extremely famous I Have a Dream speech to 250,000 people.
King is declared Man of the Year by Time magazine.
1964
King attends the July 2 signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the White House in Washington.
On December 10, at the age of 35, King becomes the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
1965
King is arrested in February while he is demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
Governor George Wallace refuses to grant a permit to the 500 marchers in King's march from Selma to Montgomery designed to show the need for voter rights and to support the Voting Rights Bill which was unsigned. The march continued and over 10,000 started the march with King, joined by another 25,000 in Montgomery.
1966
In January King moves into a Chicago slum tenement in order to bring to light the housing problems that the black community faced.
In June Martin Luther King Jr., along with other individuals, starts the March Against Fear in the south.
1967
The Supreme Court upholds the 1963 Birmingham conviction and King spends four days in the the Birmingham jail.
In November the Poor People's Campaign begins and is targeted at people who were facing poverty.
1968
King announces that the Poor People's Campaign will march on Washington to demand support of the $12 billion Economic Bill of Rights which guaranteed employment, income to those who are unable to work and the end of discrimination.
King marches in support of sanitation workers in Memphis.
He delivers the I've Been to the Mountaintop speech in Memphis.
On April 4, he is shot while standing on the balcony at his hotel, and later dies. His death is followed by riots in 130 U.S. cities. His funeral was on April 9th and had international attendance.
1983
On November 2, Martin Luther King Day was proclaimed as a federal holiday by President Ronald Reagan.
1986
Martin Luther King Day first observed.
2000
Martin Luther King Day observed nationwide for the first time.
2011
Martin Luther King Jr. memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s life ended in tragedy. However, he will always be remembered, and people across the nation continue to work to make his work and vision live on.
This was a wealth of information for me concerning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
Jehovah will judge MLK as well as all of us and all that have passed.
We will all one day, stand in judgement for our deeds good or bad.
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I don't get the day off from work, but I do recognize.