Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in the Civil Rights Movement

MLK Timeline 1929 – Michael King, later known as Martin Luther King, Jr., was born at 501 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta on Jan. 15. 1944 – King began his freshman year at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sept. 20. 1946 – On Aug. 6, The Atlanta Constitution published King’s letter to the editor stating that Black people “are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens.” 1951 – On Sept. 13, King began his graduate studies in systematic theology at Boston Universit