Updated December 24, 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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