January 15. Michael Luther King Jr., later renamed Martin, born
to schoolteacher Alberta King and Baptist minister Michael
Luther King. Boyhood in Sweet Auburn district. King graduates
from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. with a B.A. Graduates
with a B.D. from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa.
June 18. King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Ala.. They will
have four children: Yolanda Denise (b.1955), Martin Luther King
III (b.1957), Dexter (b.1961), Bernice Albertine (b.1963).
September. King moves to Montgomery, Ala. to preach at Dexter
Avenue Baptist Church. After coursework at New England colleges,
King finishes his Ph. D. in systematic theology. January 26.
King is arrested for driving 30 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h.
zone.January 30. King’s house bombed. January. Black ministers
form what became known as the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference. King is named first president one month later. In
this typical year of demonstrations, King traveled 780,000 miles
and made 208 speeches. King’s first boo