Chronology
This chronology of Martin Luther King, Jr. is compiled from the day to day chronologies featured in our published print volumes. It currently spans through December 1960 and will be updated with each volume release.
Willis Williams born (January 1, 1810 to December 31, 1810)
William Parks born (February 1, 1825 to February 28, 1825)
Fannie born (January 1, 1830 to January 31, 1830)
Lucrecia Daniel born (January 1, 1840 to December 31, 1840)
Jim Long born (January 1, 1842 to December 31, 1844)
Jane Linsey born (January 1, 1855 to December 31, 1855)
Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)
A. D. Williams born (January 2, 1863)
James King born (December 1, 1864 to December 31, 1864)
Jennie Parks born (April 1, 1873 to April 30, 1873)
Willis Williams dies (January 1, 1874 to December 31, 1874)
Delia Linsey born (July 1, 1875 to July 31, 1875)
A. D. Williams becomes pastor of Ebenezer (March 1, 1894 to March 31, 1894)
James King marries Delia Linsey (August 20, 1895)
Michael King born (December 19, 1897)
A. D. Williams marries Jennie Parks (October 29, 1899)
Alberta Williams born (September 13, 1903)
Michael King marries Alberta Williams (November 25, 1926)
Coretta Scott born (April 27, 1927)
Willie Christine King born (September 11, 1927)
Michael King born (January 15, 1929)
King, Sr., receives BA from Morehouse (June 1, 1930 to June 30, 1930)
A. D. King born (July 30, 1930)
A. D. Williams dies (March 21, 1931)
King, Sr., chosen as pastor of Ebenezer (October 1, 1931 to October 31, 1931)
King enters nursery school (January 1, 1932 to January 31, 1932)
King, Sr., installed as pastor of Ebenezer (April 1, 1932 to April 30, 1932)
King, Sr., attends National Baptist Convention in Cleveland (September 3, 1932)
King, Sr., attends interdenominational institute at Atlanta University (July 5, 1933)
King enters first grade at Yonge Street Elementary School (September 1, 1933 to November 30, 1933)
James King dies (November 18, 1933)
King expelled from elementary school (January 1, 1934 to January 31, 1934)
Atlanta Baptists invite Baptist World Alliance (January 20, 1934)
Atlanta black teachers demand equal pay (March 1, 1934 to March 31, 1934)
King, Sr., elected first vice president of Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union (March 1, 1934 to March 31, 1934)
King's birth certificate filed (April 12, 1934)
King, Sr., tours the Middle East and Europe (July 14, 1934 to August 10, 1934)
King, Sr., attends National Baptist Convention in Oklahoma (September 4, 1934)
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union holds mock elections (October 24, 1934)
King sings at General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia (November 14, 1934)
King reenters first grade at Yonge Street Elementary School (January 28, 1935)
King, Sr., protests segregated elevators (January 30, 1935)
King, Sr., becomes president of Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union (March 27, 1935)
King, Sr., preaches commemoration service at Atlanta's Friendship Baptist Church (April 11, 1935)
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union calls for black voter registration (May 11, 1935)
King, Sr., elected president of Atlanta District Baptist Young Peoples Union (June 9, 1935)
King, Sr., becomes moderator of Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association (July 2, 1935)
Atlanta NAACP leads voter registration drive (August 1, 1935 to September 30, 1935)
King, Sr., attends National Baptist Convention in New York (September 3, 1935)
King enters second grade at Yonge Street Elementary School (September 11, 1935)
King, Sr., elected moderator of Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association (October 17, 1935)
King, Sr., reelected president of Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union (January 7, 1936)
King, Sr., leads Atlanta NAACP membership drive (February 26, 1936)
King, Sr., speaks at NAACP mass meeting in Atlanta (March 6, 1936)
King, Sr., speaks at Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta (April 9, 1936)
King baptized (May 3, 1936)
King, Sr., steps down as president of Atlanta District Baptist Young Peoples Union (June 1, 1936)
King, Sr., attends General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia at Augusta (June 21, 1936 to June 26, 1936)
King enters third grade at Howard Colored Elementary School (September 8, 1936)
King, Sr., and Jennie Williams in car accident (September 11, 1936)
Howard Thurman addresses Morehouse students (November 4, 1936)
King begins paperboy job (January 1, 1937 to December 31, 1937)
King, Sr., completes presidential term of Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union (March 1, 1937 to March 31, 1937)
Alberta Williams King initiates Ebenezer annual musicals (September 1, 1937 to September 30, 1937)
King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King attend National Baptist Convention in Los Angeles (September 4, 1937)
King enters fourth grade at Howard Colored Elementary School (September 10, 1937)
KKK parades in Atlanta (November 10, 1937)
King, Sr., loses presidential bid of General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia (November 19, 1937)
King, Sr., speaks at Atlanta Lincoln-Douglas Day (February 2, 1938)
King, Sr., elected to Atlanta Civic and Political League (March 2, 1938)
Melvin Watson delivers anniversary sermon at Ebenezer (March 20, 1938)
King, Sr., speaks before Atlanta Civic and Political League (May 3, 1938)
Alberta Williams King receives BA from Morris Brown College (June 1, 1938 to June 30, 1938)
King, Sr., urges voter registration efforts at Atlanta Civic and Political League meeting (June 7, 1938)
Atlanta Civic and Political League criticizes inadequate facilities for black students (September 4, 1938)
King enters fifth grade at Howard Colored Elementary School (September 10, 1938)
Atlanta Civic and Political League and Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association oppose school bond (October 10, 1938)
King, Sr., reappointed to Atlanta NAACP executive committee (December 5, 1938)
King, Sr., speaks at Howard Colored Elementary School (April 1, 1939)
King, Sr., elected president of Atlanta Ministers Council (April 7, 1939)
King, Sr., attends National Baptist Sunday School and Young Peoples Union Congress in Tulsa; tours western states (June 1, 1939 to June 30, 1939)
King, Sr., goes to General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia in Savannah (July 1, 1939 to July 31, 1939)
King, Sr., chairs local arrangements committee for Baptist World Alliance (July 22, 1939 to July 28, 1939)
King enters sixth grade at Howard Colored Elementary School (September 11, 1939)
King, Sr., reelected moderator of Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association (October 10, 1939)
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union leads voter registration march in Atlanta (November 8, 1939)
Ebenezer hosts General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia meeting (November 14, 1939)
King, Sr., presides at Atlanta Ministers Council meeting (December 6, 1939)
King and Ebenezer choir sing at Junior League gala in Atlanta (December 15, 1939)
King, Sr., leads revival at Shiloh Baptist Church in Columbus (January 1, 1940 to January 31, 1940)
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union requests accommodations for black customers (March 1, 1940 to March 31, 1940)
King, Sr., delivers installation sermon for Joel King at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Griffin (April 5, 1940)
King graduates from Howard Colored Elementary School (June 6, 1940)
King, Sr., reelected president of Atlanta Ministers Council (July 10, 1940)
King, Sr., goes to General Missionary Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Convention of Georgia in Columbus (July 23, 1940)
Benjamin Mays appointed president of Morehouse (August 1, 1940)
Atlanta NAACP and Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union oppose city bond (August 7, 1940 to August 8, 1940)
King enters seventh grade at Atlanta University Laboratory School (September 1, 1940 to September 30, 1940)
King, Sr., attends National Baptist Convention in Birmingham (September 2, 1940 to September 5, 1940)
King, Sr., reelected moderator of Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association; gives address (October 15, 1940 to October 17, 1940)
Benjamin Mays speaks at Ebenezer (November 1, 1940)
King, Sr., preaches at General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia meeting (November 9, 1940)
Morehouse and Ebenezer host Atlanta District Sunday School and Baptist Training Union training school (November 25, 1940 to November 29, 1940)
Ebenezer reports 2,400 members (December 31, 1940)
King, Sr., speaks at Atlanta Lincoln-Douglas Day (February 16, 1941)
Charles D. Hubert preaches anniversary sermon at Ebenezer (March 16, 1941)
Jennie Williams dies (May 18, 1941)
Kings move to 193 Boulevard (June 1, 1941 to August 31, 1941)
King, Sr., chairs Georgia delegation at National Baptist Convention in Texas (June 17, 1941 to June 22, 1941)
King, Sr., presides at Atlanta Baptist Ministers Association meeting (October 13, 1941 to October 15, 1941)
Ebenezer reports growth of 300 members (December 31, 1941)
King becomes assistant manager of newspaper delivery station (January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942)
King enters ninth grade at Atlanta University Laboratory School (January 1, 1942 to January 31, 1942)
Charles H. Haynes preaches at Ebenezer (March 9, 1942 to March 15, 1942)
King enters tenth grade at Booker T. Washington High School (September 1, 1942 to September 30, 1942)
National Baptist Convention asks President Franklin D. Roosevelt to appoint citizens committee (September 12, 1942)
King, Sr., presides at Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association meeting (October 13, 1942 to October 15, 1942)
Atlanta Civic and Political League holds meeting at Ebenezer (January 11, 1943)
Atlanta NAACP initiates membership drive (February 8, 1943)
Atlanta Civic and Political League reelects King, Sr. (March 2, 1943)
Benjamin Mays addresses Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union (March 17, 1943)
King, Sr., preaches at Union Baptist Institute in Athens (May 16, 1943)
King, Sr., preaches at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Atlanta (May 26, 1943)
King, Sr., presides over meeting of Atlanta Citizens’ Committee on the Equalization of Teachers’ Salaries (June 14, 1943)
King, Sr., leads revival at Carrolton's First Baptist Church (August 15, 1943)
King enters eleventh grade at Booker T. Washington High School (September 1, 1943 to September 30, 1943)
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Union condemns forced labor (September 22, 1943)
King, Sr., reelected moderator of Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association (October 12, 1943 to October 14, 1943)
John W. Webb speaks at Ebenezer (December 19, 1943)
King, Sr., addresses NAACP rally (February 20, 1944)
King to compete in state Elks' oratorical contest (April 13, 1944)
King delivers "The Negro and the Constitution" at oratorical contest (April 17, 1944)
King admitted to Morehouse (June 1, 1944 to August 31, 1944)
King participates in summer work program in Simsbury (June 1, 1944 to August 31, 1944)
King begins freshman year at Morehouse (September 20, 1944)
King, Sr., elected vice president of Atlanta Civic and Political League (January 10, 1945)
King, Sr., leads protest against segregated elevators (February 15, 1945)
King, Sr., receives honorary DD from Morris Brown College (June 1, 1945 to June 30, 1945)
Meet the Press (June 24, 1945)
King and King, Sr., attend National Baptist Convention in Detroit (September 5, 1945 to September 9, 1945)
King begins sophomore year at Morehouse (September 19, 1945)
King, Sr., reelected moderator of Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association (October 16, 1945 to October 19, 1945)
King, Sr., elected president of Atlanta Morehouse Club (November 12, 1945)
Georgia NAACP meets at Ebenezer (November 16, 1945 to November 17, 1945)
King wins second prize in oratorical contest (January 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946)
Mary McLeod Bethune speaks at Ebenezer (January 19, 1946)
King, Sr., leads revival at Pittsburgh's Metropolitan Baptist Church (March 1, 1946 to March 31, 1946)
Walter R. Chivers inaugurates annual institute on family living (March 1, 1946 to May 31, 1946)
Supreme Court declares white primary unconstitutional (April 2, 1946)
Ella Baker speaks at All Citizens Registration Committee mass meeting (May 10, 1946)
King quits job at Atlanta Railway Express Company (June 1, 1946 to August 31, 1946)
King's letter to the editor published in Atlanta Constitution (August 6, 1946)
National Baptist Convention meets in Atlanta (September 4, 1946 to September 8, 1946)
King begins junior year at Morehouse (September 25, 1946)
King, Sr., presides at Atlanta Missionary Baptist Association meeting (October 15, 1946 to October 19, 1946)
Eugene Talmadge elected governor of Georgia; black Baptists plan inauguration protest (November 5, 1946)
Eugene Talmadge dies (December 21, 1946)
King's "The Purpose of Education" published in Morehouse paper (January 1, 1947 to February 28, 1947)
King elected chair of membership committee of Atlanta NAACP Youth Council (March 12, 1947)
King sings at Ebenezer service (March 14, 1947)
King, Sr., elected trustee of Morehouse (April 24, 1947)
King works on tobacco farm in Simsbury (June 1, 1947 to August 31, 1947)
King preaches trial sermon at Ebenezer (September 1, 1947 to November 30, 1947)
King begins senior year at Morehouse (September 24, 1947)
King requests application to Crozer Theological Seminary (October 27, 1947)
King wins prize in oratorical contest (January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948)
King offers prayer at memorial services for Morehouse presidents (February 20, 1948)
King ordained; appointed associate pastor at Ebenezer (February 25, 1948)
King, Sr., preaches at Morehouse (March 22, 1948)
King accepts Crozer's admission offer (April 1, 1948 to April 30, 1948)
King preaches at Atlanta's Liberty Baptist Church (April 25, 1948)
Apartheid (May 26, 1948 to May 9, 1994)
King serves as associate pastor of Ebenezer (June 1, 1948 to August 31, 1948)
Christine King receives BA from Spelman College (June 8, 1948)
King receives BA from Morehouse (June 8, 1948)
King guest speaker at Negro Cultural League meeting in Atlanta (July 11, 1948)
King delivers "External Versus Internal Religion" at Ebenezer (August 1, 1948)
Walter R. McCall and King preach at Ebenezer (August 8, 1948)
King performs wedding of Samuel P. Long and Ruth Bussey in Decatur, Georgia (August 22, 1948)
King preaches "God's Kingdom First" at Ebenezer (August 22, 1948)
King preaches at Ebenezer (September 5, 1948)
King visits Christine King in New York (September 11, 1948 to September 12, 1948)
King enrolls in classes for first term of first year at Crozer (September 14, 1948 to November 24, 1948)
King enrolls in classes for second term of first year at Crozer (November 30, 1948 to February 16, 1949)
King delivers youth day sermon at Ebenezer (February 20, 1949)
King enrolls in classes for third term of first year at Crozer (February 22, 1949 to May 6, 1949)
King delivers "Facing Life's Inescapables" in Chester (March 3, 1949)
King delivers "A Way Out" at Ebenezer (May 22, 1949)
King serves as assistant pastor of Ebenezer (June 1, 1949 to August 31, 1949)
King delivers "Mastering Our Evil Selves"/ "Mastering Ourselves" at Ebenezer (June 5, 1949)
King preaches at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and Ebenezer (June 12, 1949)
King preaches at Atlanta's Mt. Vernon Baptist Church (June 19, 1949)
King delivers "The Voice of Hope" at Ebenezer (July 3, 1949)
King, Sr., lectures at annual ministers' conference at Morehouse (July 5, 1949 to July 8, 1949)
King delivers "The Supremacy of Love" at Ebenezer (July 17, 1949)
King delivers "Splinters and Planks" at Ebenezer (July 24, 1949)
King preaches "The Two Challenging Questions" at Ebenezer (July 31, 1949)
King delivers "Worship" and "On Being Converted" at Ebenezer (August 7, 1949)
King preaches at Atlanta's Zion Hill Baptist Church (August 14, 1949)
King delivers "Who is Truly Great" at Ebenezer (August 21, 1949)
King preaches "The Great Paradox" and "The Significance of the Cross" at Ebenezer (September 4, 1949)
William B. Hartsfield elected mayor of Atlanta (September 7, 1949)
King delivers "Modern Baals" at Ebenezer (September 11, 1949)
King enrolls in classes for first term of second year at Crozer (September 13, 1949 to November 23, 1949)
King named chairman of Crozer devotional committee (September 13, 1949 to November 23, 1949)
King audits course at University of Pennsylvania (September 26, 1949 to June 10, 1950)
King attends A. J. Muste lecture at Crozer (November 1, 1949 to November 30, 1949)
King enrolls in classes for second term of second year at Crozer (November 29, 1949 to February 15, 1950)
William H. Gray preaches men's day service at Ebenezer (December 11, 1949)
King reads Karl Marx during Christmas vacation (December 23, 1949 to January 2, 1950)
King delivers "Impending Mountains" at Ebenezer (January 1, 1950)
King preaches "Walking with the Lord" at Ebenezer (February 19, 1950)
King enrolls in classes for third term of second year at Crozer (February 21, 1950 to May 5, 1950)
Atlanta NAACP supports King, Sr., lawsuit on black teacher pay equalization (February 23, 1950)
King hears Mordecai Johnson preach on Gandhi (March 1, 1950 to May 31, 1950)
King elected student body president at Crozer (May 1, 1950 to May 31, 1950)
King delivers "Three Levels of Fellowship" at Ebenezer (May 28, 1950)
King serves as assistant pastor of Ebenezer (June 1, 1950 to August 31, 1950)
King delivers "I had Fainted Unless...!" at Ebenezer (June 4, 1950)
King and others refused service in New Jersey (June 12, 1950)
King arrested for speeding in Delaware (June 16, 1950)
A. D. King and Naomi Barber marry (June 17, 1950)
King preaches "The Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth" at Ebenezer (June 18, 1950)
King delivers "Unanswered Prayer" at Ebenezer (June 25, 1950)
King delivers "Propagandizing Christianity" and "Forgiveness" at Ebenezer (July 2, 1950)
King delivers "Two Eternal Truths" at Ebenezer (July 16, 1950)
King delivers "Thou Fool" and "Having the Moral Courage to Speak Out" at Ebenezer (July 23, 1950)
King preaches at youth day service at Atlanta's Liberty Baptist Church (July 30, 1950)
King delivers "Christ or Shaos" and "What the Cross Means to Me" at Ebenezer (August 6, 1950)
King delivers "The Conquest of Fear" at Ebenezer (August 20, 1950)
King delivers "Worship" at Ebenezer (August 27, 1950)
King enrolls in classes for first term of third year at Crozer (September 12, 1950 to November 22, 1950)
King serves as student pastor at First Baptist Church in Queens (September 12, 1950 to November 22, 1950)
King audits courses at University of Pennsylvania (September 20, 1950 to February 3, 1951)
King enrolls in classes for second term of third year at Crozer (November 28, 1950 to February 15, 1951)
J. H. Jackson preaches men's day service at Ebenezer (December 10, 1950)
King accepted in postgraduate program at Edinburgh University (December 15, 1950)
King delivers "The Light Amid Darkness" at Ebenezer (December 24, 1950)
King delivers "A Religion of Doing" at Ebenezer (December 31, 1950)
King admitted to Boston University (January 11, 1951)
King takes GRE (February 3, 1951)
King preaches "Nothing in Particular" at Ebenezer (February 18, 1951)
King enrolls in classes for third term of third year at Crozer (February 20, 1951 to May 4, 1951)
King graduates from Crozer; delivers valedictory address (May 6, 1951 to May 8, 1951)
King preaches "The World Crisis and a Mother's Responsibility" at Ebenezer (May 13, 1951)
King delivers "Beyond Condemnation" at Ebenezer (May 27, 1951)
King serves as pastor in charge at Ebenezer (June 1, 1951 to August 31, 1951)
King delivers "Sincerity Is Not Enough" and "The Courtesy of God" at Ebenezer (June 3, 1951)
King delivers "Where Is God Found?" at Ebenezer (June 17, 1951)
King delivers "Procrastination" at Ebenezer (June 24, 1951)
King, Sr., offers benediction at Atlanta NAACP annual conference (June 29, 1951)
King delivers "Witnessing for Christ" at Ebenezer (July 1, 1951)
King delivers "The Meaning of Faith" at Ebenezer (July 8, 1951)
King delivers "Doing the Best with What You Have" at Ebenezer (July 22, 1951)
King delivers "The Necessity of the Second Birth" and "Beyond Good Deeds" at Ebenezer (August 5, 1951)
King delivers "God's Kingdom First" at Ebenezer (August 19, 1951)
King delivers "What Is Man?" and "What Think Ye of Christ?" at Ebenezer (September 2, 1951)
King enrolls in classes for first term of first year at Boston University (September 13, 1951 to January 15, 1952)
King preaches at Brooklyn's Concord Baptist Church (September 16, 1951)
King's outline of study approved by Boston University (October 2, 1951)
King attends parents' twenty-fifth anniversary (November 22, 1951)
King enrolls in classes for second term of first year at Boston University (January 23, 1952 to May 16, 1952)
King begins dating Coretta Scott (February 1, 1952 to February 29, 1952)
King enrolls in Harvard University course (February 4, 1952 to June 10, 1952)
King passes French exam at Boston University (February 15, 1952)
King preaches at Ebenezer anniversary (March 16, 1952)
King preaches "The Relevance of the Holy Spirit" at Ebenezer (May 18, 1952)
King delivers "The Prevalence of Practical Atheism" at Ebenezer (May 25, 1952)
King takes two intersession courses at Boston University (May 26, 1952 to July 5, 1952)
King joins Alpha Phi Alpha (June 22, 1952)
King fills temporary Ebenezer post (July 12, 1952 to September 7, 1952)
King attends Georgia Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress (July 24, 1952)
King delivers "The Divine Shepherd" at Ebenezer (July 27, 1952)
Coretta Scott meets the King family (August 1, 1952 to August 31, 1952)
King delivers "The Power and Wisdom of the Cross" at Ebenezer (August 3, 1952)
King delivers "The Challenge of Communism to Christianity" at Ebenezer (August 10, 1952)
King delivers "Faith in Man" at Ebenezer (August 17, 1952)
King speaks for Atlanta's Pilgrim Baptist Church's Youth Day (August 24, 1952)
King preaches "Loving Your Enemies" at Ebenezer; delivers Youth Day sermon at Pilgrim Baptist Church (August 31, 1952)
King preaches at Worcester's John Street Baptist Church (September 1, 1952 to November 30, 1952)
King delivers "Mental and Spiritual Slavery" at Ebenezer (September 7, 1952)
King enrolls in classes for first term of second year at Boston University (September 22, 1952 to January 28, 1953)
King enrolls in second course at Harvard University (September 22, 1952 to January 26, 1953)
King fails German exam at Boston University (October 10, 1952)
King delivers "Going Forward by Going Backward" at Portsmouth's People's Baptist Church (October 26, 1952)
King's parents visit Boston (November 1, 1952 to November 30, 1952)
Shaw University asks King to apply for deanship (November 6, 1952)
King delivers "After Christmas, What?" at Ebenezer (December 28, 1952)
King enrolls in final course at Harvard University (January 26, 1953 to June 2, 1953)
King enrolls in classes for second term of second year at Boston University (February 4, 1953 to May 22, 1953)
King passes German exam at Boston University (February 18, 1953)
King's academic advisor, Edgar Brightman, dies (February 25, 1953)
King and Coretta Scott are engaged (April 1, 1953 to April 30, 1953)
King delivers Easter sermon at Boston's Metropolitan Baptist Church (April 5, 1953)
King speaks at Lowell's First United Baptist Church (April 12, 1953)
King, Sr., debates John Wesley Dobbs (May 7, 1953)
King attends conference at Virginia Union University (June 1, 1953 to August 31, 1953)
The Kings stay in Atlanta for the summer; King serves as pastor in charge at Ebenezer (June 1, 1953 to August 31, 1953)
King and Coretta Scott are married (June 18, 1953)
King preaches "By These Things Men Live" and "Does It Pay to Be Faithful" at Ebenezer; King, Sr. baptizes Coretta Scott King (June 21, 1953)
King preaches "Accepting Responsibility for Your Actions" at Ebenezer (June 28, 1953)
King delivers "The False God of Science" in Atlanta (July 5, 1953)
King delivers "When God Seems to Deceive Us" at Ebenezer (July 5, 1953)
WERD begins Ebenezer broadcasts (July 5, 1953)
King delivers "The False God of Nationalism" in Atlanta (July 12, 1953)
King delivers "Transformed Non-conformists" at Ebenezer (July 12, 1953)
Coretta Scott King and Phoebe Burney featured at Ebenezer Women's Day (July 19, 1953)
King delivers "The False God of Money" in Atlanta (July 19, 1953)
King delivers "God's Revelation to the World" at Ebenezer (July 26, 1953)
King's "Accepting Responsibility for Your Actions" airs on WERD (July 26, 1953)
King delivers "Dressing Christ in False Robes" at Ebenezer (August 2, 1953)
King's "First Things First" ("God's Kingdom First") airs on WERD (August 2, 1953)
King delivers "The Tragedy of Almost" and "Communism's Challenge to Christianity" at Ebenezer (August 9, 1953)
King's "A Half Baked Civilization" airs on WERD (August 9, 1953)
King delivers "Lord, Is it I?" and "Going Forward by Going Backward" at Ebenezer (August 16, 1953)
King's "The Challenge of the Book of Jonah" airs on WERD (August 16, 1953)
King delivers "Self-Examination" at Ebenezer (August 23, 1953)
King's "The Prevalence of Practical Atheism" airs on WERD (August 23, 1953)
King delivers "Opportunity, Fidelity, and Reward" at Ebenezer (August 30, 1953)
King preaches at Atlanta's Pilgrim Baptist Church (August 30, 1953)
King's "The Peril of Conformity" airs on WERD (August 30, 1953)
The Kings resume studies in Boston (September 1, 1953 to September 30, 1953)
King delivers "The Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Ebenezer (September 6, 1953)
King's "What Is Man?" airs on WERD (September 6, 1953)
King attends National Baptist Convention meeting in Miami; J. H. Jackson elected president (September 8, 1953 to September 14, 1953)
King's parents visit New York and Boston (November 1, 1953 to November 30, 1953)
King preaches at Baltimore's New Shiloh Baptist Church (November 15, 1953)
King preaches at Tenth Street Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. (November 22, 1953)
King leaves for vacation in Atlanta (December 21, 1953)
King attends Emancipation Day celebration in Atlanta; J. H. Jackson delivers address (January 1, 1954)
King preaches at Ebenezer (January 3, 1954)
King preaches at Ebenezer (January 10, 1954)
King delivers trial sermon at Chattanooga's First Baptist Church (January 17, 1954)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Dexter (January 24, 1954)
Vernon Johns delivers "Segregation After Death" at Ebenezer (January 24, 1954)
King preaches "Rediscovering Lost Values" at Detroit's Second Baptist Church (February 28, 1954)
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church calls King to its pastorate (March 7, 1954)
King preaches at Joel Lawrence King's church in Lansing; addresses local NAACP (March 7, 1954)
King's Boston University transcript indicates passage of qualifying examinations (April 1, 1954)
King delivers "Going Forward by Going Backward" at Dexter (April 4, 1954)
King meets with Dexter pulpit committee (April 4, 1954)
King's dissertation outline approved by Boston University (April 9, 1954)
King accepts Dexter pastorate (April 14, 1954)
King preaches at Philadelphia's Vine Memorial Baptist Church (April 25, 1954)
The Kings host the Dialectical Society (April 26, 1954)
King delivers "Mental and Spiritual Slavery" at Dexter (May 1, 1954 to May 31, 1954)
King delivers "Accepting Responsibility for Your Actions" and acceptance address at Dexter (May 2, 1954)
King offers opening prayer at Dialectical Society meeting (May 10, 1954)
King delivers "What is Man?" at Pullman Porters' Benefit Association of America memorial service in Cambridge (May 16, 1954)
Brown et al., v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, et al., 347 U.S. 483, 349 U.S. 294 (May 17, 1954 to May 31, 1955)
Supreme Court issues Brown v. Board of Education decision (May 17, 1954)
King delivers "Loving Your Enemies" at Dexter (May 30, 1954)
King preaches at Harlem's Friendship Baptist Church (June 13, 1954)
Coretta Scott King graduates from New England Conservatory of Music (June 15, 1954)
King, Sr., addresses National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Birmingham (June 22, 1954)
King delivers "A Religion of Doing" at Dexter (July 4, 1954)
King delivers "What is Man?" at Dexter (July 11, 1954)
King officially begins pastorate at Dexter (September 1, 1954)
King delivers "God's Love" at Dexter; presents recommendations (September 5, 1954)
King and his parents attend National Baptist Convention in St. Louis (September 6, 1954 to September 11, 1954)
King delivers "The Vision of the World Made New" to the Women's Convention Auxiliary, National Baptist Convention (September 9, 1954)
King delivers "Propagandizing Christianity" at Dexter (September 12, 1954)
King delivers "Creating the Abundant Life" at Dexter (September 26, 1954)
Dexter hosts Phoebe Burney for Women's Emphasis Week (October 4, 1954 to October 10, 1954)
King delivers "New Wine in New Bottles" at Dexter (October 17, 1954)
King attends Montgomery-Antioch District Association meeting (October 20, 1954 to October 21, 1954)
King, Sr., preaches at King's Dexter installation service; Alberta Williams King conducts Ebenezer choir (October 31, 1954)
King delivers "Transformed Nonconformist" at Dexter (November 1, 1954 to November 30, 1954)
The Kings briefly return to Boston (November 1, 1954 to November 30, 1954)
King preaches at Boston's Twelfth Baptist Church (November 14, 1954)
Coretta Scott King sings for Thanksgiving program at Montgomery's First Baptist Church (November 25, 1954)
King delivers Men's Day sermon at Atlanta's Friendship Baptist Church (November 28, 1954)
Melvin H. Watson delivers Dexter anniversary sermon (December 12, 1954)
Coretta Scott King sings at Emancipation Proclamation celebration at Holt Street Baptist Church (January 1, 1955)
King delivers eulogy for James Milton Reynolds (January 1, 1955 to January 31, 1955)
King preaches On Worshiping False Gods at Dexter (January 1, 1955 to January 31, 1955)
King speaks on False God of Pleasure at Dexter (January 1, 1955 to January 31, 1955)
King attends National Baptist Convention board meeting in Hot Springs, Arkansas (January 11, 1955 to January 13, 1955)
King delivers "A Realistic Look at Race Relations" before Birmingham NAACP (January 23, 1955)
King delivers invocation at Alabama Baptist State Convention service (February 1, 1955)
Alabama Baptist State Convention meets at First Baptist Church (February 2, 1955)
King addresses Montgomery Baptist Bible Institute at Holt Street Baptist Church (February 25, 1955)
King addresses National Baptist Convention's Home Mission Board mass meeting in Montgomery (March 1, 1955)
Claudette Colvin arrested; King, Jo Ann Robinson, and Rosa Parks meet with Montgomery officials (March 2, 1955)
Coretta Scott King sings at First Baptist Church in Montgomery (March 6, 1955)
Coretta Scott King directs talent night for Dexter's Youth Emphasis Week (March 8, 1955)
Walter McCall guest speaker at Dexter; Dexter holds symposium (March 13, 1955)
King delivers Ebenezer's anniversary sermon (March 20, 1955)
King attends National Baptist Convention's Advisory Council on Literature and Curriculum meeting in Nashville (March 23, 1955 to March 24, 1955)
King preaches at Dexter's Easter service (April 10, 1955)
Dissertation of Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 15, 1955)
King submits dissertation to Boston University (April 15, 1955)
King preaches at Cambridge's Union Baptist Church (April 17, 1955)
King defends dissertation at Boston University (April 21, 1955)
Alberta Williams King directs Ebenezer choir concert at Dexter (April 24, 1955)
Samuel D. Proctor addresses Dexter's Spring Lecture Series (April 27, 1955 to April 29, 1955)
King leads discussions at Hi-Y clubs annual state meeting in Montgomery (April 30, 1955)
King delivers "[The] Crisis Facing Present-Day Family Life in America" at Dexter (May 8, 1955)
King preaches baccalaureate sermon at Alabama State College commencement (May 15, 1955)
King preaches baccalaureate sermon at Talladega County Training School (May 22, 1955)
King earns doctorate from Boston University (May 31, 1955)
Supreme Court issues order implementing Brown (May 31, 1955)
King delivers benediction at Alpha Phi Alpha citizenship rally in Montgomery (June 1, 1955)
King awarded doctorate; does not attend ceremony (June 5, 1955)
Major J. Jones preaches at Ebenezer (June 12, 1955)
King addresses Alabama NAACP mass meeting at Holt Street CME Church (June 19, 1955)
King delivers "Who Is Truly Great?" at Dexter (June 19, 1955)
King delivers "Discerning the Signs of History" at Dexter (June 26, 1955)
King attends National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Atlantic City (June 27, 1955 to July 3, 1955)
King delivers "The Three Levels of Love" at Dexter's Young Matrons Club meeting (July 1, 1955 to July 31, 1955)
King preaches at Harlem's Friendship Baptist Church (July 3, 1955)
King, Sr., Alberta Williams King, and Christine King attend Baptist World Alliance meeting in London (July 8, 1955 to August 3, 1955)
Benjamin Mays speaks at Dexter's Men's Day (July 10, 1955)
Federal court rules Brown decision applies to bus segregation (July 14, 1955)
King delivers "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" at Dexter (July 17, 1955)
King discusses Dillard University deanship with Albert W. Dent (July 22, 1955)
King delivers "The Death of Evil upon the Seashore" at Dexter (July 24, 1955)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Tuskegee Institute (July 31, 1955)
Montgomery NAACP petitions school board for integration (August 1, 1955 to August 31, 1955)
King attends Alabama Baptist State Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress at Holt Street Baptist Church (August 2, 1955 to August 5, 1955)
King serves on Committee on Youth Parade for Alabama Baptist State Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress (August 2, 1955 to August 5, 1955)
King addresses Montgomery NAACP (August 14, 1955)
King hosts Alabama Council of Human Relations meeting at Dexter (August 18, 1955)
King elected to Montgomery NAACP executive committee (August 26, 1955)
Emmett Till murdered in Money, Mississippi (August 28, 1955)
King preaches Men's Day sermons at Birmingham's Jackson Street Baptist Church (August 28, 1955)
King, King Sr., and Alberta Williams King attend National Baptist Convention in Memphis (September 6, 1955 to September 11, 1955)
King delivers "Pride Versus Humility: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican" at Dexter (September 25, 1955)
King delivers "The Impassable Gulf (The Parable of Dives and Lazarus)" at Dexter (October 2, 1955)
Lynette Saine Bickers speaks at Dexter's Women's Day (October 9, 1955)
Mary Louise Smith arrested in Montgomery (October 15, 1955)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Southern University (October 16, 1955)
King speaks at Fort Valley State College (October 17, 1955 to October 23, 1955)
King delivers "The Seeking God" at Dexter (October 30, 1955)
Interstate Commerce Commission rules segregation violates Interstate Commerce Act (November 7, 1955)
King addresses Baptist Training Union in Chattanooga (November 7, 1955)
Yolanda King born (November 17, 1955)
King delivers "The One-Sided Approach of the Good Samaritan" at Dexter (November 20, 1955)
Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery and released on bail (December 1, 1955)
Montgomery leaders organize boycott (December 2, 1955)
Boycott leaflets distributed (December 3, 1955)
Joe Azbell reports on boycott plans; ministers announce one-day boycott (December 4, 1955)
King delivers "Why Does God Hide Himself?" at Dexter (December 4, 1955)
King speaks at Holt Street Baptist Church (December 5, 1955)
MIA forms; elects King president (December 5, 1955)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956)
Montgomery bus boycott begins (December 5, 1955)
Rosa Parks convicted; Fred Gray appeals (December 5, 1955)
King discusses MIA demands with reporters (December 6, 1955)
MIA executive board organizes committees; Alabama Council on Human Relations offers to assemble opposing factions (December 7, 1955)
Montgomery city officials reject MIA proposals; King consults T. J. Jemison; MIA approves car pool (December 8, 1955)
Montgomery City Lines to limit service; factions fail to compromise (December 9, 1955)
King and MIA release "Statement of Negroes on Bus Situation" (December 10, 1955)
Ralph W. Riley speaks at Dexter (December 11, 1955)
Juliette Morgan compares boycott to "salt march" (December 12, 1955)
MIA announces car pool (December 12, 1955)
King, Fred Gray, and Rosa Parks meet with W. C. Patton; Parks authorizes NAACP to manage legal case (December 13, 1955)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at First Baptist Church (December 15, 1955)
Montgomery officials attempt to hamper transportation alternatives (December 15, 1955)
K. E. Totten meets with Montgomery officials (December 16, 1955)
Committee formed to resolve crisis; deadlocks on resolution to postpone boycott (December 17, 1955)
King preaches at Dexter (December 18, 1955)
King presides at MIA mass meeting at Hutchinson Street Baptist Church (December 19, 1955)
Mayor's committee meets (December 19, 1955)
MIA holds mass meeting at Mt. Zion AME Zion Church (December 22, 1955)
MIA stands firm on demands (December 22, 1955)
"To the Montgomery Public" published (December 25, 1955)
King delivers "The Light That Shineth amid Darkness" at Dexter (December 25, 1955)
MIA holds mass meeting at Beulah Baptist Church (December 26, 1955)
MIA holds mass meeting at Day Street Baptist Church (December 29, 1955)
W. A. Gayle urges patronage of city buses (December 30, 1955)
King delivers "Our God Is Able" at Dexter (January 1, 1956)
Montgomery City Lines faces shutdown; fare increase approved (January 3, 1956)
King presides at MIA mass meeting at St. John AME Church (January 5, 1956)
Central Alabama Citizens Council meets; Clyde Sellers joins (January 6, 1956)
King, Sr., preaches at Dexter; King preaches "The Death of Evil upon the Seashore" at Ebenezer (January 8, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at Bethel Baptist Church (January 9, 1956)
MIA leaders meet with city commission (January 9, 1956)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad removes signs enforcing segregation (January 10, 1956)
Investigation of Montgomery movement initiated; ordinances mandating segregation in transportation stations distributed (January 11, 1956)
MIA decides to boycott buses indefinitely (January 12, 1956)
Thomas Johnson interviews King (January 14, 1956)
King preaches "How Believe in a Good God in the Face of Glaring Evil?" at Dexter (January 15, 1956)
MIA to hold regular mass meetings; King reports receiving threats (January 16, 1956)
Clyde Sellers asserts Montgomery blacks want to ride buses (January 17, 1956)
King heads to National Baptist Convention in Hot Springs (January 17, 1956)
Mayor's committee disagrees on recommendation maintaining bus segregation (January 18, 1956)
MIA holds mass meeting at King Hill Baptist Church (January 19, 1956)
Montgomery Advertiser reports boycott seeks "better form of segregation" (January 19, 1956)
City commission declares bus situation resolved; King and MIA refute claim (January 21, 1956)
King preaches "Redirecting Our Missionary Zeal" at Dexter (January 22, 1956)
W. A. Gayle suspends discussions; MIA executive board declines King's resignation offer; crowd at mass meeting affirms support for boycott (January 23, 1956)
Boycott jeopardizes blacks' employment (January 24, 1956)
King arrested for speeding; MIA holds seven mass meetings (January 26, 1956)
Rufus A. Lewis and others organize transit company; petition city commission for franchise (January 26, 1956)
"To the Citizens of Montgomery" published (January 27, 1956)
King receives threatening phone call; has spiritual revelation (January 27, 1956)
MIA holds board meeting (January 27, 1956)
King fined for speeding (January 28, 1956)
King preaches at Dexter's Youth Day Service (January 29, 1956)
Fred Gray authorized to file anti-segregation suit (January 30, 1956)
King's home bombed (January 30, 1956)
King and other leaders meet with Alabama governor James E. Folsom (January 31, 1956)
Browder v. Gayle, 352 U.S. 903 (February 1, 1956 to December 17, 1956)
E. D. Nixon's yard bombed (February 1, 1956)
Fred Gray and Charles Langford file anti-segregation petition (February 1, 1956)
King requests gun permit for night watchman (February 1, 1956)
Jeanatta Reese withdraws from Browder v. Gayle (February 2, 1956)
MIA approves security measures; relocates headquarters; King presides at MIA-NAACP meeting (February 2, 1956)
King delivers "It's Hard to Be a Christian" at Dexter (February 5, 1956)
Fred Gray's draft classification changed (February 6, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at Day Street Baptist Church (February 6, 1956)
Riot at University of Alabama; Autherine Lucy barred from classes (February 6, 1956)
Article reports MIA will consider ending boycott; King denies rumor (February 8, 1956)
Men of Montgomery call for end to racial tension (February 8, 1956)
George Meany urges FBI investigation of violence in Alabama (February 9, 1956)
Ralph Abernathy speaks at MIA mass meeting (February 9, 1956)
Central Alabama Citizens Council applauds W. A. Gayle and Clyde Sellers's support of segregation (February 10, 1956)
King arrives in Chicago (February 11, 1956)
King preaches sermon at Chicago's Shiloh Baptist Church (February 12, 1956)
King meets with union officials to discuss lobbying National City Lines (February 13, 1956)
Montgomery grand jury to investigate legality of boycott (February 13, 1956)
King heads to Atlanta (February 14, 1956)
King holds press conference in Chicago regarding jury investigation (February 14, 1956)
King returns to Montgomery; addresses MIA mass meeting at First Baptist Church (February 16, 1956)
King travels to Nashville (February 18, 1956)
Montgomery grand jury charges Fred Gray; King condemns decision (February 18, 1956)
King delivers "What Is Man?" at Fisk Memorial Chapel; visits Vanderbilt University (February 19, 1956)
Crowd at mass meeting rejects proposal by Men of Montgomery (February 20, 1956)
King delivers "Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Meharry Medical College (February 20, 1956)
Bayard Rustin visits Montgomery (February 21, 1956)
King delivers "Going Forward by Going Backward" at Tennessee State University (February 21, 1956)
Montgomery grand jury indicts 115 bus boycott leaders (February 21, 1956)
State of Alabama v. M. L. King, Jr., Nos. 7399 and 9593 (February 21, 1956 to May 28, 1960)
Boycott leaders arrested and released on bond (February 22, 1956)
Family friends fail to dissuade King from returning to Montgomery (February 22, 1956)
Judge Eugene Carter upholds conviction of Rosa Parks (February 22, 1956)
Montgomery city attorneys move to dismiss Browder v. Gayle (February 22, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at First Baptist Church (February 23, 1956)
King arrested; meets with Arthur D. Shores and Peter Hall (February 23, 1956)
King discusses nonviolence with Bayard Rustin (February 24, 1956)
King pleads not guilty to boycott-related charges; trial date set (February 24, 1956)
MIA designates Prayer and Pilgrimage Day for Montgomery (February 24, 1956)
King delivers "Faith in Man" at Dexter; Bayard Rustin attends and meets with the Kings (February 26, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church (February 27, 1956)
Glenn Smiley interviews King in Montgomery (February 28, 1956)
In Friendship holds founding conference in New York (February 29, 1956)
King forgoes trial by jury (February 29, 1956)
Fred Gray charges Alabama antiboycott law unconstitutional (March 1, 1956)
King presides at MIA meeting at Hutchinson Street Baptist Church (March 1, 1956)
King speaks at MIA meeting at Bethel Baptist Church (March 5, 1956)
Alabama state legislators introduce new segregation bills (March 6, 1956)
King meets Bayard Rustin and William Worthy in Birmingham (March 7, 1956)
Jeanatta Reese removed from Browder v. Gayle (March 8, 1956)
Kelly Miller Smith Youth Day speaker at Dexter (March 11, 1956)
Southern congressmen pledge to resist Brown decision (March 12, 1956)
Governor James Folsom urges settlement of boycott (March 13, 1956)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower seeks meeting of black and white southern leaders (March 14, 1956)
Boycott supporters attend prayer meetings (March 18, 1956)
King preaches "When Peace Becomes Obnoxious" at Dexter (March 18, 1956)
King begins boycott trial; holds mass meeting at St. John AME Church (March 19, 1956)
Prosecution continues illegal boycott case against King (March 20, 1956)
King attorneys begin defense (March 21, 1956)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower calls for moderation and progress in the South (March 21, 1956)
King found guilty of leading illegal boycott; announces boycott will continue (March 22, 1956)
Fred Gray speaks at Boston's Union Methodist Church (March 23, 1956)
King's attorneys begin appeals process (March 23, 1956)
King addresses fundraising rally at Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn (March 25, 1956)
John Patterson urges dismissal of Browder v. Gayle (March 27, 1956)
Cities nationwide demonstrate support for boycott (March 28, 1956)
King speaks at MIA meeting at Hutchinson Street Baptist Church (March 29, 1956)
King's "When Peace Becomes Obnoxious" published in Louisville Defender (March 29, 1956)
King announces MIA voter registration campaign (March 30, 1956)
King preaches at Dexter's Easter services (April 1, 1956)
King's "Our Struggle" published in Liberation (April 1, 1956 to April 30, 1956)
King speaks at MIA meeting at Beulah Baptist Church (April 2, 1956)
MIA's request to operate bus company denied (April 2, 1956)
Montgomery city commissioners approve reduction in bus service (April 3, 1956)
King speaks at YMCA in Birmingham; delivers "Negro’s Re-evaluation of his Nature and Destiny" at Mt. Zion Baptist Church (April 10, 1956)
Chicago NAACP sponsors "Hour of Prayer;" Ralph Abernathy and Roy Wilkins speak at fundraiser (April 11, 1956)
King delivers "The Declaration of Independence and the Negro" at the University of Chicago (April 13, 1956)
King criticizes William Faulkner's call for gradualism (April 14, 1956)
J. Pius Barbour guest speaker at Dexter (April 15, 1956)
King speaks at MIA meeting at First Baptist Church (April 16, 1956)
Black citizens boycott buses in Capetown, South Africa (April 17, 1956)
King addresses mass meeting at Detroit's Bethel AME Church (April 20, 1956)
King delivers sermon at Good Street Baptist Church in Dallas (April 22, 1956)
Supreme Court affirms Flemming; King states boycott will continue (April 23, 1956)
Southern cities and MIA respond to Supreme Court ruling affirming Flemming (April 24, 1956)
Refusal to enforce segregation may jeopardize Montgomery City Lines (April 25, 1956)
Union contracts impede hiring of black drivers (April 25, 1956)
King presides at MIA mass meeting at Day Street Baptist Church; crowd votes to continue boycott (April 26, 1956)
Montgomery officials and bus line representatives fail to resolve boycott (April 27, 1956)
King preaches "Fleeing from God" at Dexter (April 29, 1956)
King speaks at Hunter's Chapel AME Zion Church in Tuscaloosa (April 29, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church (April 30, 1956)
King's "Walk for Freedom" published in Fellowship (May 1, 1956 to May 31, 1956)
Montgomery officials seek injunction against bus company (May 1, 1956)
Montgomery City Lines files demurrer (May 2, 1956)
Judge Walter B. Jones orders Montgomery City Lines to enforce segregation (May 9, 1956)
Leaders assess interest in MIA bank at mass meeting (May 10, 1956)
District Court hears Browder v. Gayle (May 11, 1956)
District Court hearing of Browder v. Gayle ends (May 12, 1956)
King attends meeting with Glenn Smiley and FOR at Morehouse (May 12, 1956)
King delivers "The Role of the Negro Mother in Preparing Youth for Integration" at Dexter (May 13, 1956)
Eleanor Roosevelt reports on meeting with Rosa Parks (May 14, 1956)
King honored at Stiles Hall University YMCA in Berkeley (May 15, 1956)
King delivers "The Death of Evil upon the Seashore" at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine (May 17, 1956)
Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice awards King the John Haynes Holmes-Arthur L. Weatherly Prize (May 18, 1956)
King announces black Montgomery bank plan to Committee for Better Human Relations in Harlem (May 19, 1956)
King speaks at opening of Youth Emphasis Week at Pittsburgh's Ebenezer Baptist Church (May 20, 1956)
King delivers Youth Emphasis Week sermon at Pittsburgh's Ebenezer Baptist Church (May 23, 1956)
E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks represent MIA at Madison Square Garden rally (May 24, 1956)
Rosa Parks addresses National Council of Negro Women conference in Washington, D.C. (May 26, 1956)
King preaches at Ebenezer for dedication of religious education building (May 27, 1956)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University students launch bus boycott (May 28, 1956)
King receives Fisk Alumni Award for Distinguished Service in Nashville (May 28, 1956)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University bus boycott spreads (May 29, 1956)
Tallahassee's Inter-Civic Council presents demands; boycott gains momentum (May 30, 1956)
King offers "Recommendations" at MIA executive board meeting (May 31, 1956)
NAACP banned in Alabama (June 1, 1956)
King presides at MIA mass meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church (June 4, 1956)
Tallahassee City Transit Lines suspends service in black districts (June 4, 1956)
District Court rules bus segregation on Alabama buses unconstitutional; ACMHR founded in Birmingham (June 5, 1956)
Tallahassee boycott leaders announce goal to desegregate city buses (June 5, 1956)
The Kings and Abernathys begin road trip to California (June 6, 1956)
King preaches at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles (June 10, 1956)
NAACP to challenge ban in Alabama (June 11, 1956)
U. J. Fields accuses MIA of misappropriating funds; resigns (June 11, 1956)
MIA denies misuse of funds (June 12, 1956)
King returns to Montgomery to address U. J. Fields allegations; Fields dismissed from pulpit (June 17, 1956)
U. J. Fields retracts allegations (June 18, 1956)
Federal court issues injunction against segregation on Montgomery buses (June 19, 1956)
Tallahassee City Transit Lines threatens to cease operation (June 19, 1956)
Montgomery city commission to appeal injunction against bus segregation (June 21, 1956)
First issue of MIA Newsletter released (June 23, 1956)
King proposes student boycott of segregated schools at NAACP convention in San Francisco (June 26, 1956)
King addresses NAACP convention in San Francisco (June 27, 1956)
Alabama Public Service Commission asks Supreme Court to reverse ban on segregation; Montgomery city attorneys join appeal (June 28, 1956)
Montgomery City Lines issues layoffs (June 29, 1956)
King returns to Montgomery (June 30, 1956)
"The King Plan for Freedom" published in Ebony (July 1, 1956 to July 31, 1956)
King receives award from Panorama of Progress (July 1, 1956)
King receives award from National Fraternity Council of Churches, U.S.A., Inc. (July 3, 1956)
Samuel D. Proctor Men's Day speaker at Dexter (July 8, 1956)
King encounters segregation at Montgomery railroad station (July 11, 1956)
King speaks at Fisk University (July 12, 1956)
King subpoenaed in State of Alabama v. NAACP (July 12, 1956)
King and other civil rights leaders attend FOR-sponsored workshop at Tuskegee Institute (July 17, 1956 to July 18, 1956)
King addresses NAACP mass meeting in Washington, D.C. (July 20, 1956)
King appeals conviction (July 20, 1956)
King speaks at New Hope Baptist Church in Niagara Falls (July 22, 1956)
Alabama NAACP fined $10,000; ordered to release records (July 25, 1956)
MIA to wait to approach Supreme Court with case (July 26, 1956)
Redbook publishes William Peters article on King (August 1, 1956 to August 31, 1956)
U.S. News and World Report publishes King's "The Montgomery Story" (August 3, 1956)
King addresses British-American Association of Colored Brothers in Windsor, Ontario (August 5, 1956)
King addresses National Negro Funeral Directors Association in Cleveland (August 7, 1956)
King delivers "The Birth of a New Age" to Alpha Phi Alpha in Buffalo; receives Award of Honor (August 11, 1956)
King testifies at Democratic National Convention in Chicago (August 11, 1956)
Homer Alexander Jack guest speaker at Dexter (August 12, 1956)
King delivers "Rediscovering Lost Values" at New York's Mount Olivet Baptist Church (August 12, 1956)
Alabama Supreme Court denies NAACP's request to revoke ban and fine (August 13, 1956)
King addresses Montgomery chapter of Alabama Council on Human Relations (August 23, 1956)
Robert Graetz's home bombed (August 25, 1956)
King addresses Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in Los Angeles; receives Elijah P. Lovejoy Award (August 27, 1956)
King asks President Dwight D. Eisenhower to investigate racial violence in Montgomery (August 27, 1956)
King addresses Build Negro Business meeting in Denver (September 7, 1956)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to American Christians" before National Baptist Convention in Denver; Coretta Scott King and Alberta Williams King perform (September 7, 1956)
Insurance on MIA station wagons cancelled (September 8, 1956)
King preaches at Denver's Macedonia Baptist Church (September 9, 1956)
King receives award from Afro Arts Theatre (September 12, 1956)
MIA special committee aims to change attitudes of white citizens (September 13, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at First Baptist Church (September 17, 1956)
Lloyd's of London's liability insurance becomes effective (September 18, 1956)
MIA to contact Justice Department, FBI, and Governor James Folsom (September 18, 1956)
MIA special committee meets (September 25, 1956)
King denied service at Dobbs House in Atlanta; delivers "The Montgomery Story" at Hampton Institute (September 27, 1956)
Coretta Scott King performs at Dexter (September 30, 1956)
King delivers "The Fellow Who Stayed at Home" at Dexter (October 1, 1956 to October 31, 1956)
King delivers "The Prodigal Son" at Dexter (October 1, 1956 to October 31, 1956)
King leads MIA mass meeting at Hutchinson Street Baptist Church; FOR premieres "Walk to Freedom" (October 1, 1956)
King delivers "Desegregation in the Future" before Virginia State NAACP in Petersburg (October 5, 1956)
Arenia Mallory Women's Day speaker at Dexter (October 14, 1956)
King speaks at Annual Trade Week Rally in Durham (October 15, 1956)
King addresses New York State Convention of Universalists in Cortland (October 16, 1956)
King consults with Bayard Rustin in New York (October 16, 1956)
King speaks before Pennsylvania State Baptist Convention (October 18, 1956)
Coretta Scott King performs at Chicago's Olivet Baptist Church (October 19, 1956)
Tallahassee Inter-Civic Council found guilty of operating car pool (October 20, 1956)
King preaches at Dexter (October 21, 1956)
King presents year-end report at Dexter business meeting (October 24, 1956)
King dines with L. Harold DeWolf; delivers "A Realistic Look at Race Relations" at Ford Hall Forum in Boston (October 28, 1956)
MIA holds mass meetings at Mt. Zion and St. John AME Churches (October 29, 1956)
Possible court injunction threatens car pool; King returns to Montgomery (October 29, 1956)
Boycott leaders petition federal court to block city interference with car pool (November 1, 1956)
Hearings regarding injunction scheduled; federal court denies motion to prevent city interference with car pool (November 2, 1956)
King addresses Virginia Teachers Association at Virginia Union University (November 2, 1956)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to American Christians" at Dexter (November 4, 1956)
King speaks at MIA mass meeting at First Baptist Church (November 5, 1956)
King delivers "The Most Durable Power" at Dexter (November 6, 1956)
Coretta Scott King gives concert in Mobile (November 8, 1956)
King speaks at Tuskegee Institute Chapel (November 11, 1956)
Supreme Court affirms Browder; MIA car pool enjoined (November 13, 1956)
Car pool injunction affirmed; King addresses MIA mass meetings; attendees vote to end boycott upon court mandate (November 14, 1956)
Attorneys request Supreme Court expedite mandate implementing bus desegregation; request denied (November 17, 1956)
King delivers sermon at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge (November 18, 1956)
King receives Citizen of the Year award from Sigma Phi chapter (November 18, 1956)
King addresses MIA mass meeting at Beulah Baptist Church (November 19, 1956)
Liberation publishes "We Are Still Walking" (December 1, 1956)
Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 3, 1956)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" for MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 3, 1956)
King speaks at Bethel Baptist Church for MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 4, 1956)
Coretta Scott King sings at "Salute to Montgomery" concert in New York (December 5, 1956)
King leads seminar on "Nonviolence and the Social Gospel" at MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 5, 1956)
King attends Alpha Phi Alpha board meeting and delivers three speeches in Washington, D.C. (December 6, 1956)
King receives award from Dorie Miller Memorial Foundation (December 7, 1956)
King presides over MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change; J. H. Jackson delivers closing address (December 9, 1956)
Vernon Johns preaches at Dexter anniversary (December 9, 1956)
Herbert Brownell, Jr., calls for "voluntary compliance" with desegregation ruling; Supreme Court delays hearing petitions contesting ruling (December 10, 1956)
King gives deposition regarding incident with Montgomery police officer (December 10, 1956)
King addresses United Negro College Fund symposium at Hunter College (December 11, 1956)
King appears on "Tex and Jinx" with Carl Rowan (December 11, 1956)
King delivers "Desegregation and the Future" before National Committee for Rural Schools in New York (December 15, 1956)
Supreme Court rejects Alabama appeal in Browder v. Gayle (December 17, 1956)
Anonymous leaflets aim to undermine boycott leadership (December 19, 1956)
Bus desegregation mandate arrives; MIA ends boycott (December 20, 1956)
Montgomery buses resume service on integrated basis; King, Ralph Abernathy, E. D. Nixon, and Fred Gray ride first desegregated bus (December 21, 1956)
Shotgun fired into King home (December 23, 1956)
Tallahassee's Inter-Civic Council suspends boycott; city commission directs bus company to enforce segregation (December 24, 1956)
White men beat Ollie Mae Collins at bus stop (December 24, 1956)
Fred Shuttlesworth's home bombed (December 25, 1956)
Fred Shuttlesworth attempts integrating Birmingham buses; ACMHR files federal suit (December 26, 1956)
Montgomery buses attacked (December 26, 1956)
Tallahassee suspends bus company (December 26, 1956)
King appears on "Telescope" (December 28, 1956)
King guest speaker at Delta Sigma Theta sorority's national convention in Detroit (December 28, 1956)
Rosa Jordan shot; Clyde Sellers suspends bus service (December 28, 1956)
King addresses Omega Psi Phi fraternity convention at Morgan State College; meets with Harris Wofford, Stanley Levison, and Bayard Rustin (December 29, 1956)
Montgomery city commission halts after-dark bus service (December 29, 1956)
Montgomery bus attacked; twenty officers added to police force (December 31, 1956)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at Atlanta's Big Bethel AME Church (January 1, 1957)
King speaks at Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (January 1, 1957)
Montgomery City Commission hires extra police; King meets with bus company officials (January 2, 1957)
King dismisses negative circulars (January 3, 1957)
King delivers "Great Expectations" at Dexter (January 6, 1957)
King addresses black leaders at Atlanta University conference (January 9, 1957)
Black churches and parsonages in Montgomery bombed; King and Abernathy return from Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration (January 10, 1957)
King named chairman of Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration; urges President Eisenhower to support integration (January 11, 1957)
King speaks on The Ways of God in the Midst of Glaring Evil at Dexter; addresses Nashville's First Baptist Church (January 13, 1957)
King collapses at MIA meeting at Bethel Baptist Church (January 14, 1957)
King discusses personal health and white bus line at press conference (January 15, 1957)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to the American Christians" at Ebenezer; King, Sr., preaches at Dexter (January 20, 1957)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to the American Christians" at Minnesota State Pastors Conference (January 21, 1957)
King leaves St. Paul for National Baptist Convention meeting in Hot Springs (January 21, 1957)
King calms crowd after unexploded dynamite found at his home (January 27, 1957)
King reveals vision at Dexter service (January 27, 1957)
King addresses MIA meeting at Mt. Zion AME Zion Church (January 28, 1957)
King speaks at United Clubs rally in New Orleans Coliseum Arena (February 1, 1957)
King urges forgiveness at MIA meeting at St. John's AME Church (February 4, 1957)
King's "Nonviolence and Racial Justice" printed in Christian Century (February 6, 1957)
King speaks at Oberlin College (February 7, 1957)
King records appearance on NBC's "The Open Mind" (February 8, 1957)
King's Race Relations Sunday message read in churches across nation (February 10, 1957)
NBC radio's desegregation progress report features message from King (February 11, 1957)
King records prayer for service at First Presbyterian Church in Hoboken (February 13, 1957)
Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration opens second meeting (February 13, 1957)
King elected president of Southern Leaders Conference; announces plans to march to Washington (February 14, 1957)
King speaks at Lansing Civic Center (February 17, 1957)
Time magazine cover features King (February 18, 1957)
King addresses Quill Club in New York City (February 19, 1957)
King delivers "The Philosophy of Non-violence" at Peddie School (February 20, 1957)
Dexter congregants throw party for the Kings before Africa and Europe trip (February 24, 1957)
King attends MIA mass meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church (February 25, 1957)
King leaves Montgomery for Richmond (February 26, 1957)
King delivers "Remember Who You Are" at Virginia Union University (February 27, 1957)
King delivers "Going Forward By Going Backward" at Virginia Union University (February 28, 1957)
King delivers "Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Virginia Union University (March 1, 1957)
The Kings leave for the Gold Coast (March 2, 1957)
King meets Romeo Houghton in Monrovia after stopping in Lisbon and Dakar (March 3, 1957)
Ghana Trip (March 4, 1957 to March 12, 1957)
King arrives in Accra (March 4, 1957)
King attends Gold Coast Legislative Assembly's closing session (March 5, 1957)
King holds press conference at University of Ghana (March 5, 1957)
King meets Vice President Richard Nixon in Ghana (March 5, 1957)
King attends Ghana's independence ceremony (March 6, 1957)
King attends reception at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana (March 6, 1957)
King witnesses Parliament of Ghana opening (March 6, 1957)
Michael Scott visits ailing King in Ghana (March 7, 1957)
King attends Michael Scott sermon in Anglican Cathedral in Accra (March 10, 1957)
King leaves Ghana; flies to Kano (March 12, 1957)
King arrives in Rome (March 14, 1957)
King leaves Rome for Geneva (March 17, 1957)
King leaves Geneva for Paris (March 18, 1957)
King heads to London (March 21, 1957)
King tours London (March 22, 1957)
King meets with C. L. R. James in London (March 24, 1957)
King arrives in New York; plans Prayer Pilgrimage with Roy Wilkins and A. Philip Randolph (March 25, 1957)
King announces he expects meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon; returns home to Montgomery (March 27, 1957)
King attends meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church (March 31, 1957)
King speaks at Talladega College (March 31, 1957)
King reports on Ghana trip at MIA meeting at St. John's AME Church (April 1, 1957)
King addresses Philadelphia Fellowship Commission; receives National Fellowship Award (April 2, 1957)
King delivers "Justice Without Violence" at Brandeis University (April 3, 1957)
King meets with Boston University students (April 3, 1957)
Civil rights leaders meet in Washington, D.C., to plan Prayer Pilgrimage (April 5, 1957)
King preaches "The Birth of a New Nation" at Dexter (April 7, 1957)
King urges voting rights at MIA meeting (April 8, 1957)
King delivers "A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations" at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis (April 10, 1957)
King conducts interview at Kansas City's Pickwick Hotel; delivers "Progress in the Area of Race Relations" at St. Stephen Baptist Church (April 11, 1957)
St. Louis leaders meet with King at T. E. Huntley's home (April 11, 1957)
King delivers "The Garden of Gethsemane" at Dexter (April 14, 1957)
King opens MIA meeting at Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church (April 15, 1957)
The Kings share travel stories at Dexter (April 17, 1957)
King delivers "A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations" at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Memphis (April 19, 1957)
King speaks on Questions That Easter Answers at Dexter (April 21, 1957)
King meets with Roy Wilkins and A. Philip Randolph in New York; publicizes Prayer Pilgrimage (April 23, 1957)
King holds press conference at New York's Sheraton Astor Hotel (April 24, 1957)
King receives Social Justice Award; delivers "This Is a Great Time to Be Alive" before Religion and Labor Foundation in New York (April 24, 1957)
King delivers "The Role of the Church in Facing the Nation's Chief Moral Dilemma" at Nashville University Center; speaks at Fisk Memorial Chapel (April 25, 1957)
The Kings celebrate Coretta Scott King's birthday in Montgomery (April 27, 1957)
King speaks on The Rewards of Worship at Dexter; attends Altona Johns piano recital (April 28, 1957)
King addresses crowd in front of New York's Hotel Theresa (May 3, 1957)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" before New York's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (May 3, 1957)
King speaks at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church (May 3, 1957)
White ministers listen to King recording at Camp Belser, Alabama (May 3, 1957)
Approximately 250 Montgomery residents attempt to register to vote; King opens MIA meeting at Mt. Zion AME Zion Church (May 6, 1957)
King speaks at Montgomery Council of Human Relations meeting at Trinity Lutheran Church (May 9, 1957)
King addresses MIA meeting at Lily Baptist Church (May 13, 1957)
200 African Americans leave Montgomery for Prayer Pilgrimage in Washington, D.C. (May 16, 1957)
King flies to Atlanta, then to Washington (May 16, 1957)
King delivers "Give Us the Ballot" at Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C.; presented key to capital (May 17, 1957)
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (May 17, 1957)
King preaches at Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia (May 19, 1957)
King receives award from Hotel and Club Employees Local 6 in New York (May 21, 1957)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at New Rochelle's Bethesda Baptist Church (May 22, 1957)
King addresses Englewood Urban League (May 23, 1957)
King urges faithfulness amidst Montgomery church bombing trial; participates in Holt Street Baptist Church anniversary ceremony (May 27, 1957)
King testifies at Montgomery church bombing trial (May 28, 1957)
King addresses Inter-Civic Council conference at Tallahassee's Bethel AME Church (May 29, 1957)
King meets with Alpha Phi Alpha at Frank Stanley's Kentucky home (June 1, 1957)
King attends Louisville's Zion Baptist Church service (June 2, 1957)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at Kentucky State College graduation ceremony (June 2, 1957)
King receives honorary degree from Morehouse (June 4, 1957)
King meets with committee to ordain A. D. King (June 5, 1957)
King honored by Chicago Theological Seminary (June 6, 1957)
King honored by Howard University (June 7, 1957)
King leads ordination of Dexter deacons (June 9, 1957)
King meets with Vice President Richard Nixon in Washington, D.C. (June 13, 1957)
King receives "Man of the Year" honor from Utility Club at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (June 15, 1957)
King arrives in Dallas for National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress (June 18, 1957)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" for National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Dallas (June 21, 1957)
King arrives in San Francisco; escorted to Berkeley (June 22, 1957)
King delivers "Techniques of Persuasion in the Montgomery Bus Boycott" at UC Berkeley; speaks at Oakland's Evergreen Baptist Church (June 24, 1957)
King speaks at "Fight for Freedom" observance at San Diego's Russ Auditorium (June 26, 1957)
King receives NAACP's Spingarn Medal (June 28, 1957)
King addresses rally at Washington Chapel AME Church in Tuskegee (July 2, 1957)
King and Ralph Abernathy meet with E. D. Nixon in Montgomery (July 8, 1957)
King delivers "Overcoming an Inferiority Complex" at Dexter (July 14, 1957)
King delivers invocation at Billy Graham's crusade at New York's Madison Square Garden (July 18, 1957)
King speaks on The Mastery of Fear at Dexter; delivers "Going Forward by Going Backward" at Montgomery's First Baptist Church (July 21, 1957)
King speaks at Chicago's Quinn Chapel AME Church (July 22, 1957)
King speaks to "Encampment for Citizenship" attendees in New York (July 26, 1957)
King meets with Ambrose Reeves at New York's Community Church (July 27, 1957)
King speaks at New York's Cornerstone Baptist Church (July 28, 1957)
King addresses "Crusade for Freedom" rally at New Jersey's Atlantic City High School (July 29, 1957)
King attends Dexter's June Club anniversary at Edgar E. Evans' home (August 1, 1957)
King announces possible intervention in Montgomery zoo segregation case (August 4, 1957)
King delivers "Factors that Determine Character" at Dexter (August 4, 1957)
King honors Rosa Parks at Montgomery's Mt. Zion AME Zion Church (August 5, 1957)
King speaks to Beauty Culturists League in New Orleans (August 6, 1957)
King meets with Southern Leaders Conference executive board at Dexter (August 7, 1957)
Name changed to Southern Christian Leadership Conference at third meeting; King announces "Crusade for Citizenship" (August 8, 1957)
King preaches "Conquering Self-Centeredness" at Dexter (August 11, 1957)
King delivers "Propagandizing Christianity" at American Baptist Assembly Missions Conference in Green Lake, Wisconsin (August 12, 1957)
King speaks to Milwaukee NAACP at Grand Avenue Congregational Church (August 14, 1957)
King meets with Walter Reuther in Detroit (August 16, 1957)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to the American Christians" at Detroit's Central Methodist Church (August 18, 1957)
King speaks on United Auto Workers' radio program (August 19, 1957)
King speaks at Montgomery's Old Ship AME Zion Church (August 25, 1957)
"Advice for Living" (September 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958)
King speaks at Highlander Folk School program (September 2, 1957)
King addresses National Baptist Convention in Louisville (September 4, 1957)
Little Rock School Desegregation (September 4, 1957 to September 25, 1957)
King preaches at Louisville's Zion Baptist Church (September 8, 1957)
The Kings discuss plans for movie based on Montgomery bus boycott (September 9, 1957)
King attends MIA executive board meeting (September 10, 1957)
King delivers "A Realistic Look at Progress in the Area of Race Relations" at Macon's Steward Chapel AME Church (September 19, 1957)
King preaches "Our God Is Able" at Atlanta's Liberty Baptist Church (September 22, 1957)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at United Packinghouse Workers of America convention in Chicago (October 2, 1957)
King speaks for United Negro College Fund program at Chicago's Orchestra Hall (October 10, 1957)
King leads Dexter service (October 13, 1957)
King, A. Philip Randolph, and Roy Wilkins meet in New York (October 16, 1957)
King attends SCLC executive board meeting at Ebenezer (October 18, 1957)
King presides at Dexter business meeting; Martin Luther King, III born (October 23, 1957)
King delivers "The Things That Are God's" at Dexter; interviewed for NBC's "Look Here" (October 27, 1957)
King addresses General Baptist State Convention at First Baptist Church in Fairmount, North Carolina (October 30, 1957)
King meets with SCLC executive board in Memphis (November 4, 1957)
King attends SCLC meeting; addresses rally at Mt. Olive CME Cathedral in Memphis (November 5, 1957)
King attends MIA executive board meeting (November 6, 1957)
King addresses leadership training school at Morehouse (November 8, 1957)
King delivers "A Look to the Future" before National Council of Negro Women in Washington, D.C. (November 9, 1957)
King delivers "Love Your Enemies" at Howard University (November 10, 1957)
King addresses NAACP in Jamaica, New York (November 12, 1957)
King addresses NAACP conference in Atlanta (November 16, 1957)
King delivers "Loving Your Enemies" at Dexter (November 17, 1957)
King speaks at Roosevelt University (November 21, 1957)
King reaches deal on Montgomery Bus Boycott charges (November 26, 1957)
King delivers "Structure and Destiny" at Dexter (December 1, 1957)
King delivers "The Oneness of Man in American Intergroup Relations" at National Council of Churches conference in St. Louis; attends art reception (December 3, 1957)
King speaks at Washington University in St. Louis; speaks on The Christian Way of Life in Human Relations at National Council of Churches conference (December 4, 1957)
King delivers "Some Things We Must Do" at Holt Street Baptist Church (December 5, 1957)
King participates in MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change seminar (December 6, 1957)
King participates in panel for MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 7, 1957)
King attends MIA mass meeting at Old Ship AME Zion Church (December 8, 1957)
King preaches at Dexter (December 8, 1957)
King re-elected to MIA board of directors (December 11, 1957)
King delivers invocation and benediction at Dexter forum (December 12, 1957)
King speaks at Dexter banquet (December 13, 1957)
King introduces Mordecai Johnson as guest speaker at Dexter (December 15, 1957)
King attends MIA budget committee meeting (December 18, 1957)
King attends SCLC meeting at Ebenezer (December 19, 1957)
King preaches at Dexter (December 22, 1957)
Philadelphia Cotillion Society honors King (December 27, 1957)
King preaches "God is Able" at Philadelphia's Bright Hope Baptist Church (December 29, 1957)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of the New Age" at First Baptist Church in Newport News (January 2, 1958)
King attends Dexter board meeting (January 6, 1958)
King speaks to Rochester City Club; delivers "Paul's Letter to the American Christians" at Colgate Rochester Divinity School (January 8, 1958)
King addresses Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department; receives award (January 9, 1958)
King meets with agents and potential editorial assistants in New York (January 9, 1958)
King secures lifetime NAACP memberships for himself and the MIA (January 10, 1958)
King delivers "What Is Man?" before Chicago Sunday Evening Club (January 12, 1958)
King preaches "Structure and Destiny" at Ebenezer; King, Sr., preaches at Dexter (January 12, 1958)
King dines with David Polish; delivers "Desirability of Being Maladjusted" at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston (January 13, 1958)
King speaks at NAACP fund raiser in Columbus (January 14, 1958)
King attends President's Committee on Government Contracts meeting at Willard Hotel in Washington (January 15, 1958)
King delivers "The Montgomery, Alabama Story" at the Jewish Community Center Forum in Cincinnati (January 15, 1958)
Dexter committee approves King's request for assistant pastor (January 18, 1958)
Dexter congregation approves King's request for assistant pastor and new office space (January 19, 1958)
King attends Dexter meeting (January 20, 1958)
King re-elected MIA president (January 20, 1958)
King's "His Influence Speaks to World Conscience" published in Hindustan Times (January 30, 1958)
SCLC plans Crusade for Citizenship at Ebenezer (January 30, 1958)
King presides over MIA executive committee meeting (January 31, 1958)
King delivers "Non-Violence and Racial Justice" for the United Church of Raleigh (February 10, 1958)
King delivers "A Realistic Look at Race Relations" at Bennett College (February 11, 1958)
King launches Crusade for Citizenship at Miami's Greater Bethel AME Church (February 12, 1958)
King's "No Vengeance" published in The Secret Place (February 13, 1958)
King delivers "Not By Bread Alone" at Dexter (February 16, 1958)
King delivers "A Realistic Look at Race Relations" at Mills College (February 20, 1958)
King delivers "Freedom Through Non-Violence" at Conference on Civil Liberties for High School Students in Asilomar (February 22, 1958)
King addresses NAACP rally at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles (February 23, 1958)
King speaks before San Francisco's Third Baptist Church (February 23, 1958)
King delivers "A Great Time to Be Alive" and "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at California Institute of Technology (February 25, 1958)
King delivers "Progress in Race Relations" at California Institute of Technology (February 26, 1958)
King concludes California Institute of Technology visit (February 27, 1958)
King preaches at Dexter; Martin Luther King III blessed during evening church service (March 2, 1958)
King officiates Mary Harris funeral in Montgomery (March 9, 1958)
King preaches on behalf of Detroit Council of Churches (March 10, 1958 to March 12, 1958)
King speaks at Highland Park Presbyterian Church; attends reception at Statler Hotel in Detroit (March 11, 1958)
King delivers final sermon for Detroit Council of Churches; speaks at Detroit's Second Baptist Church (March 12, 1958)
King meets with Charles Diggs in Detroit (March 14, 1958)
King preaches at Trinity Baptist Church in Pontiac (March 14, 1958)
King preaches at Dexter (March 16, 1958)
King's remarks on black press are broadcast for Negro Newspaper Week (March 16, 1958 to March 22, 1958)
King delivers "I Thirst" at Dexter (March 23, 1958)
King preaches before New York's St. James Presbyterian Church (March 26, 1958)
King addresses Prayer Pilgrimage at Alabama capitol (April 6, 1958)
King preaches "The Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth" at Dexter (April 6, 1958)
King addresses "Summit Conference on Registration and Voting" at St. Mark AME Zion Church in Durham (April 9, 1958)
King delivers "What Is Man?" and "The Peril of Conformity" at Raleigh's Shaw University (April 9, 1958)
King delivers "Is It Un-Christian to Judge Others?" at Dexter (April 13, 1958)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at Tuskegee Institute (April 14, 1958)
King delivers "The Crisis in Human Relations" at Northwestern University (April 15, 1958)
King delivers "The Christian Answer" at Northwestern University (April 16, 1958)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at Community Church of Boston (April 20, 1958)
King receives award from Massachusetts Council for Civil Rights (April 20, 1958)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Bucknell University; speaks with Lewisburg ministers on "Non-violence and Racial Justice" (April 23, 1958)
King dines with Lycoming College faculty; speaks with students (April 23, 1958)
King delivers "Facing the Challenge of a New Age" at Lycoming College (April 24, 1958)
King offers morning prayer at jointly-held worship service of Dexter and First Baptist Church (April 27, 1958)
King presides at Dexter Spring Lecture series (April 28, 1958)
King interviews John Tilley for SCLC executive director position (April 29, 1958)
King attends SCLC executive board meeting at Ebenezer (April 30, 1958)
King delivers "The Unpardonable Sin" at Dexter (May 4, 1958)
King delivers "The Problem of Unanswered Prayer" at Dexter (May 11, 1958)
King addresses American Jewish Congress convention in Miami (May 14, 1958)
King honored by Detroit's St. John's Episcopal Church; preaches at conference at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (May 15, 1958)
King delivers keynote for conference in Detroit; speaks at Ecorse High School (May 16, 1958)
King attends Erma Hughes Business College reception in Houston (May 17, 1958)
King addresses Erma Hughes Business College commencement in Houston (May 18, 1958)
King delivers "Did Jesus Believe in Chance?" at Dexter (May 25, 1958)
King addresses Bethune-Cookman College commencement in Daytona Beach (May 26, 1958)
King attends SCLC executive board meeting in Clarksdale (May 28, 1958)
King participates in SCLC meeting in Clarksdale; addresses mass meeting at First Baptist Church (May 29, 1958)
CORE publishes "A First Step Toward School Integration" with King foreword (June 1, 1958 to June 30, 1958)
King delivers "Did Jesus Disapprove of Wealth?" at Dexter (June 1, 1958)
King honored by Morgan State College; delivers commencement address (June 2, 1958)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to American Christians" before United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. in Pittsburgh (June 3, 1958)
King honored by Central State College; addresses graduating class (June 8, 1958)
King meets with Eisenhower administration officials in Washington (June 9, 1958)
King delivers "Will Christ Visibly Return to Earth?" at Dexter (June 15, 1958)
King attends American Baptist Convention in Cincinnati (June 16, 1958 to June 17, 1958)
King addresses National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Omaha (June 18, 1958)
King elected vice president of National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union (June 19, 1958)
King and other civil rights leaders prepare for meeting with President Eisenhower (June 22, 1958)
King delivers "The Nature of Heaven" at Dexter (June 22, 1958)
King and other civil rights leaders meet with President Eisenhower; hold press conference (June 23, 1958)
King delivers "The Role of the Church in the Present Racial Crisis" at Chicago's First Presbyterian Church (June 24, 1958)
King speaks at Trenton's Shiloh Baptist Church (June 26, 1958)
King delivers "Nonviolence and Racial Justice" at Friends General Conference in Cape May (June 27, 1958)
King delivers "The Nature of Hell" at Dexter (June 29, 1958)
King speaks before Prince Hall Masons in Columbus (July 1, 1958)
King attends SCLC meeting at Ebenezer (July 2, 1958 to July 3, 1958)
King delivers "The Mystery of Life" at Dexter (July 6, 1958)
King attends NAACP convention in Cleveland (July 9, 1958 to July 11, 1958)
King officiates William Cole funeral at Dexter (July 12, 1958)
King attends Dexter Men's Day program featuring Arthur Gray (July 13, 1958)
The Kings vacation in Mexico City and Acapulco (July 17, 1958 to July 29, 1958)
King delivers "A Knock at Midnight" at Selma University (July 31, 1958)
King delivers "Catching the Wrong Train" at Dexter; baptizes new members (August 3, 1958)
King introduces Kaka Kalelkar at MIA mass meeting at Mt. Zion AME Zion Church (August 4, 1958)
King delivers "In Life's Storms" at Dexter (August 10, 1958)
King speaks at Galilee Baptist Church in Shreveport (August 14, 1958)
King delivers "The Greatest Power in the World" at Dexter (August 17, 1958)
King delivers "The Dimensions of a Complete Life" and "What is Man?" at National Conference on Christian Education (August 21, 1958 to August 22, 1958)
King signs petition to desegregate Montgomery parks (August 23, 1958)
King preaches "Going Forward by Going Backwards" at Detroit's Central Methodist Church (August 24, 1958)
King delivers "A Knock at Midnight" at Pittsburgh's Central Baptist Church (August 31, 1958)
King attends MIA mass meeting and autographs "Stride Toward Freedom" at First Baptist Church (September 1, 1958)
King arrested for loitering in Montgomery (September 3, 1958)
King attends mass meeting at Bethel Baptist Church in Montgomery (September 5, 1958)
King convicted, fined, and released from jail in Montgomery (September 5, 1958)
King delivers "Getting Along With Other People" at Dexter (September 7, 1958)
King heads to the National Baptist Convention meeting in Chicago (September 9, 1958)
King addresses National Baptist Convention of America at Detroit's King Solomon Baptist Church (September 12, 1958)
King signs copies of "Stride Toward Freedom" at Lake Meadows Shopping Center in Chicago (September 13, 1958)
King delivers "A Knock at Midnight" before Woman's Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention in Chicago (September 14, 1958)
"Stride Toward Freedom" officially released; King signs copies at Harlem's Empire Baptist Bookstore (September 17, 1958)
King appears on Dave Garroway television program (September 17, 1958)
King speaks on behalf of Protestant Council of Churches of New York (September 17, 1958)
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story (September 17, 1958)
King speaks at Harlem's Williams Institutional CME Church (September 18, 1958)
King speaks on CBS radio's "The World Tonight" (September 18, 1958)
King heckled as he speaks at Youth March for Integrated Schools rally (September 19, 1958)
King interviewed for WEVD-New York radio program (September 19, 1958)
King stabbed; rushed to Harlem Hospital (September 20, 1958)
King diagnosed with pneumonia at Harlem Hospital (September 22, 1958)
King holds press conference after stabbing (September 30, 1958)
Ralph Abernathy relays message from King at SCLC meeting in Norfolk (October 1, 1958)
King released from Harlem Hospital; begins convalescence in Brooklyn (October 3, 1958)
King sends words of encouragement to MIA mass meeting (October 6, 1958)
King testifies; Izola Curry indicted (October 17, 1958)
King returns to Montgomery (October 24, 1958)
Coretta Scott King delivers remarks at Youth March for Integrated Schools (October 25, 1958)
Youth March for Integrated Schools (October 25, 1958 to April 18, 1959)
King speaks at Dexter; A. D. King serves as guest preacher (October 26, 1958)
MIA celebrates King homecoming at First Baptist Church (October 27, 1958)
King delivers Dexter annual report (November 18, 1958)
King attends MIA meeting (November 28, 1958)
King delivers address at Third Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change (December 4, 1958)
King participates in MIA institute seminar at St. John AME Church (December 5, 1958)
King delivers Dexter anniversary sermon; speaks at MIA Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change at First Baptist Church (December 7, 1958)
King attends SCLC meeting at Ebenezer (December 9, 1958)
King attends SCLC executive board meeting at Ebenezer; speaks at mass meeting at Wheat Street Baptist Church (December 10, 1958)
King speaks at Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis (December 12, 1958)
King delivers "Worship At Its Best" at Dexter (December 14, 1958)
King delivers "Christ Our Starting Point" at Dexter (December 21, 1958)
King preaches at Dexter (December 28, 1958)
King attends Emancipation Day program in Mobile (January 1, 1959)
Message from King played at Prayer Pilgrimage for Public Schools in Richmond (January 1, 1959)
King attends SCLC planning committee meeting in Atlanta (January 2, 1959 to January 3, 1959)
King preaches "Inner Calm Amid Outer Tension" at Dexter (January 4, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (January 11, 1959)
King visits Yale University; delivers "The Future of Integration" (January 14, 1959)
King speaks on "Problems of the South" at Yale University (January 15, 1959)
King delivers "The Blinding Power of Sin" at Dexter (January 18, 1959)
King attends National Baptist Convention board meeting in Hot Springs (January 20, 1959 to January 23, 1959)
King and Alabama leaders discuss voter registration in Montgomery (January 24, 1959)
MIA holds bon voyage party for the Kings (January 26, 1959)
Dexter Women's Council hosts reception for the Kings (January 28, 1959)
King arrives late in Gary, Indiana; misses speaking engagement for Fair Share Organization; meets with Walter Reuther (January 30, 1959)
King addresses audience at National Freedom Day in Philadelphia (February 1, 1959)
King attends Sheraton Hotel dinner; preaches at Philadelphia's Vine Memorial Baptist Church (February 1, 1959)
King preaches at Philadelphia's Bright Hope Baptist Church (February 1, 1959)
King receives award at Beaver College (February 1, 1959)
King addresses War Resisters League meeting (February 2, 1959)
King attends India trip co-sponsors' luncheon in Philadelphia (February 2, 1959)
India Trip (February 3, 1959 to March 18, 1959)
The Kings and Lawrence Dunbar Reddick depart for India and Middle East (February 3, 1959)
King arrives in London (February 4, 1959)
The Kings and Lawrence Dunbar Reddick see Chrysanthemum (February 5, 1959)
King meets and dines with Richard Wright in Paris (February 6, 1959)
King arrives in Zurich (February 7, 1959)
King's "Looking Beyond Our Circumstances" played at Dexter (February 8, 1959)
King arrives in Bombay (February 9, 1959)
King arrives in New Delhi; holds press conference and meets with Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (February 10, 1959)
King attends reception at Gandhi Smarak Nidhi; meets with Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Jawaharlal Nehru (February 10, 1959)
King lunches with J. B. and Sucheta Kripalani; delivers "Achievement of Racial Justice in the World Today" to Indian Council of World Affairs in New Delhi (February 11, 1959)
King visits the Samadhi (February 11, 1959)
King has tea with Rajendra Prasad; visits Moghul Gardens; addresses Sarvodaya workers (February 12, 1959)
King lunches with Kaka Kalelkar; addresses Delhi University students (February 12, 1959)
King meets with Averell Harriman (February 12, 1959)
King travels to Patna and Gaya; meets with Zakir Hussain and Sri Krishna Sinha (February 13, 1959)
King visits Buddhist temple; tours Vinoba Bhave's ashram; travels with Jayaprakash Narayan (February 14, 1959)
King travels to Burdwan and Calcutta; speaks at Shantiniketan (February 15, 1959)
King holds press conference in Calcutta; dines with Benjamin and Emily Polk and Nirmal Kumar Bose (February 16, 1959)
King meets with students in Calcutta; attends meeting (February 17, 1959)
King holds press conference in Madras; addresses meetings; stays at Raj Bhavan (February 18, 1959)
King meets Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Joint Development commissioner; visits stone temples at Mahabalipuram (February 19, 1959)
King speaks at Shanti Sena rally; gives address at Gandhigram Rural Institute (February 20, 1959)
King visits villages and Hindu temple in Madurai; attends meeting (February 21, 1959)
King attends E. M. S. Namboodiripad luncheon in Trivandrum; visits Cape Comorin (February 22, 1959)
King tours Trivandrum; attends legislative assembly meeting; holds press conference (February 23, 1959)
King meets with B. D. Jatti in Bangalore (February 24, 1959)
King meets with Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar in Bangalore; attends cattle show (February 25, 1959)
King attends meeting; sees Shantalal Shah at Bombay airport; tours Mani Bhavan with R. R. Diwakar (February 26, 1959)
King dines with Shantalal Shah; attends meeting led by G. L. Mehta at Green's Hotel (February 27, 1959)
King views "A Voice of India;" meets with Sri Prakasa, Y. B. Chavan, and Congress Party members; spends time with African students; attends dance recital (February 28, 1959)
King travels to Sabarmati ashram in Ahmadabad; meets with Navajivan Trust associates (March 1, 1959)
King travels to Kishangarh; meets with Vinoba Bhave; lunches with Jayaprakash Narayan (March 2, 1959)
King marches with and interviews Vinoba Bhave (March 3, 1959)
King visits Taj Mahal and Agra Fort; travels to New Delhi (March 4, 1959)
King visits Quaker Centre; attends circus in New Delhi (March 5, 1959)
King meets with Pyarelal Nayyar; dines with G. Ramachandran (March 6, 1959)
King meets with U. S. Embassy representatives; lunches with Rajkumari Amrit Kaur; has tea with Sushila Nayyar (March 7, 1959)
King attends farewell reception at Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (March 8, 1959)
King holds press conference; lunches with Ellsworth Bunker; records message for All India Radio; dines with J. B. and Sucheta Kripalani (March 9, 1959)
King travels to Karachi, Beirut, Jerusalem, and Cairo en route to New York (March 10, 1959 to March 17, 1959)
King holds press conference in New York; sees "The Diary of Anne Frank;" visits Harry Belafonte (March 18, 1959)
King returns to Montgomery (March 21, 1959)
King preaches on Gandhi at Dexter (March 22, 1959)
King conducts interview with Baldwin-Wallace College students; attends Dexter member's birthday party (March 27, 1959)
King delivers "A Walk Through the Holy Land" at Dexter (March 29, 1959)
King's "The Future of Integration" appears in Crises in Modern America (April 1, 1959 to April 30, 1959)
King's "The Measure of a Man" published by Christian Education Press (April 1, 1959 to April 30, 1959)
Measure of a Man, The (April 1, 1959 to April 30, 1959)
SCLC requests John Tilley's resignation (April 2, 1959)
King discusses commitment to SCLC with administrative committee (April 3, 1959)
King addresses Hale Infirmary benefit at Montgomery's Holt Street Baptist Church (April 5, 1959)
King preaches "Unfulfilled Hopes" at Dexter (April 5, 1959)
King delivers "Making Use of What You Have" at Dexter (April 12, 1959)
King participates in A. D. King's installation service at Newnan's Mount Vernon First Baptist Church (April 12, 1959)
The Kings present travelogue of India and Middle East trip at Dexter (April 16, 1959)
King speaks at Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington, D.C. (April 18, 1959)
King delivers "The Dimensions of a Complete Life" before Chicago Sunday Evening Club (April 19, 1959)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to American Christians" at McCormick Theological Seminary (April 20, 1959)
King speaks on behalf of Fair Share Organization in Gary (April 22, 1959)
King delivers "Real Progress in the Area of Race Relations" at Earlham College (April 23, 1959)
King delivers "The Art of Getting Along with Others" at Dexter (April 26, 1959)
King appears on "Front Page Challenge" in Toronto (April 28, 1959)
King begins speaking tour in New York; speaks at Brooklyn's Concord Baptist Church (April 29, 1959)
King addresses rally at Mount Vernon's Grace Baptist Church (April 30, 1959)
King addresses mass meetings at Convent Avenue Baptist Church and Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Harlem (May 1, 1959)
King delivers eulogy for Nellie Williams; attends Dexter April Club party (May 2, 1959)
King delivers "Sleeping Through a Revolution" at Dexter (May 3, 1959)
King delivers anniversary sermon for G. W. Smiley at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Union Springs (May 3, 1959)
King speaks at New York's Calvary Baptist Church (May 5, 1959)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at University of Hartford (May 7, 1959)
King addresses Negro Affairs rally in New York (May 8, 1959)
King comments on lynching of Mack Charles Parker and rape of black girl in press conference (May 9, 1959)
King delivers "A New Challenge for Modern Mothers" at Dexter (May 10, 1959)
"Stride Toward Freedom" published in England (May 11, 1959)
King addresses mass meeting at New York's Thessalonia Baptist Church (May 11, 1959)
King addresses Religious Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. (May 11, 1959)
King meets Tom Mboya; delivers remarks at "Africa Freedom Dinner" (May 13, 1959)
King presides over SCLC conference in Tallahassee (May 14, 1959)
King speaks at Tallahassee's Bethel Baptist Church (May 14, 1959)
SCLC demands President Eisenhower investigate Mack Charles Parker lynching (May 15, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (May 17, 1959)
King delivers convocation address at Bishop College (May 22, 1959)
King delivers commencement address at Princess Anne's Maryland State College (May 24, 1959)
King delivers "The Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Dillard University baccalaureate (May 31, 1959)
King delivers "The Service of the Church to Mental Health" at Dexter (May 31, 1959)
King delivers commencement address at Talladega College (June 1, 1959)
King delivers "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" at Morehouse College commencement (June 2, 1959)
King speaks at Springfield's Third Baptist Church (June 5, 1959)
King preaches at Roxbury's Twelfth Baptist Church (June 7, 1959)
King receives honorary degree from Boston University (June 7, 1959)
King delivers "Unconditioned Faith" at Dexter (June 14, 1959)
King encourages voter registration in Cincinnati; speaks to Council of Churches of Greater Cincinnati (June 16, 1959)
King delivers "On Knowing How to Live with Prosperity" at Dexter (June 21, 1959)
King reelected vice president of National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Memphis (June 22, 1959 to June 28, 1959)
King speaks at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Memphis (June 25, 1959)
King delivers "On Knowing How to Live With Poverty" at Dexter (June 28, 1959)
King's "My Trip to the Land of Gandhi" published in Ebony (July 1, 1959 to July 31, 1959)
King addresses NAACP convention in New York (July 17, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (July 19, 1959)
King speaks at nonviolence institute at Spelman College (July 22, 1959)
King leads panel at nonviolence institute at Spelman College (July 23, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (July 26, 1959)
King addresses freedom rally on behalf of black candidates for office in Memphis (July 31, 1959)
King attends United Packinghouse Workers commission meeting in Chicago (July 31, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (August 2, 1959)
King delivers "Man's Helplessness Without God" at Dexter (August 9, 1959)
King delivers "The Conflict in Human Nature" at Dexter (August 16, 1959)
King addresses National Bar Association convention in Milwaukee (August 20, 1959)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Fellowship of Reconciliation convention in Green Lake, Wisconsin (August 21, 1959)
King preaches "Loving Your Enemies" at Detroit's Central Methodist Church (August 23, 1959)
King delivers "A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart" at Dexter (August 30, 1959)
King meets with Gadsden residents regarding city demolition plans (September 2, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (September 6, 1959)
King heads to National Baptist Convention meeting in San Francisco (September 8, 1959)
King addresses National Baptist Convention laymen at San Francisco's Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church (September 11, 1959)
King preaches at Victory Baptist Church in Los Angeles (September 13, 1959)
King holds press conference in Honolulu (September 14, 1959)
King addresses Honolulu Ministerial Union; speaks at Punahou School (September 15, 1959)
King delivers "A Pastor's Hope for America" at Honolulu Council of Churches event (September 16, 1959)
King addresses Hawaiian House of Representatives; tours Pearl Harbor memorial (September 17, 1959)
King delivers "A Great Time to Be Alive" for the Sunday Evening Forum at University of Arizona (September 20, 1959)
King delivers Youth Day sermon at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles (September 20, 1959)
King speaks at International Longshoremen's Association Union Hall Auditorium in New Orleans (September 21, 1959)
King gives press conference; meets with faculty of Campbell College in Jackson (September 23, 1959)
King speaks before Southern Christian Ministers Conference of Mississippi (September 23, 1959)
King preaches "Understanding Life's Injustices" at Dexter; delivers invocation and benediction at concert featuring Ebenezer choir (September 27, 1959)
King presides over executive board meeting at SCLC conference in Columbia; honored at dinner; speaks on "Rays of Hope" (September 30, 1959)
King's "The Social Organization of Nonviolence" published in Liberation (October 1, 1959 to October 31, 1959)
SCLC concludes Columbia meeting (October 1, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (October 4, 1959)
King officiates funeral of P. H. Hobson; delivers invocation before Women's Day program at Dexter (October 11, 1959)
King speaks at East Denver Ministerial Alliance event (October 14, 1959)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at American Studies Conference on Civil Rights; attends luncheon in his honor (October 16, 1959)
King tapes interview for "That Free Men May Live" (October 16, 1959)
King conducts telephone interview with University of North Dakota faculty and students (October 18, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (October 18, 1959)
King delivers "A Great Time to Be Alive" at Fort Worth's Majestic Theater Auditorium (October 22, 1959)
King delivers "Remember Who You Are" at University of Chicago; attends reception in his honor (October 25, 1959)
King addresses rally at Manhattan Center in New York (October 29, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (November 1, 1959)
Crozer honors King with Alumni Achievement Award (November 2, 1959)
King conducts worship services at Crozer (November 3, 1959)
King presides over morning worship services at Crozer; addresses West Branch YMCA in Chester (November 4, 1959)
King delivers address for Crusade for Citizenship rally in Philadelphia (November 5, 1959)
King delivers Men's Day sermon at Philadelphia's Zion Baptist Church (November 8, 1959)
King receives proceeds from Crusade for Citizenship rally in Philadelphia (November 8, 1959)
King addresses NAACP branch in Waterloo (November 10, 1959)
King delivers "The Montgomery Story" at Iowa State Teachers College; holds press conference; delivers "The Future of Integration" at State University of Iowa (November 11, 1959)
King addresses NAACP branch in Des Moines (November 12, 1959)
King preaches at Dexter (November 15, 1959)
King speaks at anniversary service of Union Grove Baptist Church in Columbus (November 22, 1959)
King preaches at Montgomery's First Baptist Church (November 29, 1959)
King resigns from Dexter (November 29, 1959)
King discusses voter registration with Roy Wilkins in New York (November 30, 1959)
King delivers presidential address at MIA's Fourth Annual Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 3, 1959)
King presides over last day of MIA's Fourth Annual Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change (December 6, 1959)
King convenes SCLC board meeting and delivers "Freedom's Role" at Birmingham's St. James Baptist Church (December 8, 1959)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Miami University (December 10, 1959)
King delivers "Remaining Awake Through a Revolution" at New Fall Creek Parkway YMCA in Indianapolis (December 11, 1959)
King greeted by motorcade in Chicago; attends dinner at Sherman Hotel; speaks at Tabernacle Baptist Church (December 14, 1959)
King attends dinner at Ted's Diner in Chicago; speaks at Stone Temple Baptist Church (December 15, 1959)
King preaches "The Significance of the Manger" at Dexter (December 20, 1959)
King preaches "After Christmas, What?" at Dexter (December 27, 1959)
King and Wilkins announce voter registration campaign at Atlanta's Waluhaje Hotel (December 28, 1959)
King delivers keynote address at Eighteenth Ecumenical Student Conference at Ohio University (December 30, 1959)
King addresses Second Annual Pilgrimage of Prayer for Public Schools in Richmond; leads march to capitol (January 1, 1960)
King preaches at Dexter (January 3, 1960)
King delivers "St. Paul's Letter to America" at Cambridge Council of Churches meeting (January 10, 1960)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Harvard University (January 10, 1960)
King attends dinner with congressional leaders at Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. (January 13, 1960)
King attends Leadership Conference on Civil Rights meeting in Washington, D.C. (January 14, 1960)
King delivers "The Dilemma of the Righteous Man" at Dexter (January 17, 1960)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Bethel College in North Newton (January 21, 1960)
King delivers "The Moral Challenges of a New Age" at Iowa State University (January 22, 1960)
King preaches at First Baptist Church in Charleston, West Virginia (January 24, 1960)
King speaks at A. Philip Randolph salute at Carnegie Hall (January 24, 1960)
The Kings attend farewell party at the Abernathys' home (January 27, 1960)
Alpha Phi Alpha members hold party in King's honor at J. Garrick Hardy's Montgomery home (January 30, 1960)
King delivers "Lessons from History" at Dexter; attends farewell program with Coretta Scott King (January 31, 1960)
King offers valediction at MIA farewell celebration at First Baptist Church (February 1, 1960)
Sit-ins (February 1, 1960)
King moves from Montgomery to Atlanta (February 4, 1960)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life," first sermon as co-pastor of Ebenezer (February 7, 1960)
Alabama grand jury indicts King on perjury for falsifying tax returns (February 12, 1960)
King delivers "Looking Beyond Difficult Circumstances" at Ebenezer (February 14, 1960)
King meets with Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, and Sidney Poitier at Harry Belafonte's New York home (February 15, 1960)
King delivers "A Creative Protest" at Durham's White Rock Baptist Church (February 16, 1960)
King tours stores targeted by sit-in protesters in Durham (February 16, 1960)
King arrested on Alabama tax violation (February 17, 1960)
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (February 17, 1960 to March 9, 1964)
King interviews Harry Blake for SCLC field secretary position (February 19, 1960)
King preaches at Chicago's Quinn Chapel AME Church; delivers "Going Forward by Going Backward" for Chicago Sunday Evening Club (February 21, 1960)
King delivers "The Struggle for Racial Justice" at Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles (February 23, 1960)
King delivers address in Bakersfield (February 25, 1960)
King attends luncheon with city ministers in San Diego; addresses rally at Calvary Baptist Church (February 26, 1960)
King delivers "The Power Struggle and Security in a Nuclear Space Age" at Wilshire Methodist Church in Los Angeles (February 27, 1960)
King discusses race relations and civil rights with Morehouse alumni at George G. Smith's Los Angeles home (February 27, 1960)
King preaches "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Pasadena's Friendship Baptist Church (February 28, 1960)
King speaks at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Los Angeles; delivers "Going Forward by Going Backward" at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church (February 28, 1960)
King holds press conference at Dexter; addresses Alabama State College students (February 29, 1960)
King surrenders to authorities on perjury charges; released on $4,000 bail (February 29, 1960)
King attends SCLC board meeting at Tuskegee Institute (March 3, 1960 to March 4, 1960)
King speaks at student rally at Montgomery's Beulah Baptist Church (March 4, 1960)
King preaches at Ebenezer (March 6, 1960)
King speaks at Birmingham's New Pilgrim Baptist Church (March 6, 1960)
King speaks at student rallies at Tuskegee Institute and Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery (March 7, 1960)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Goshen College (March 10, 1960)
King speaks at chapel service at Princeton University (March 13, 1960)
King attends National Sunday School and BTU Congress executive committee meeting in New York (March 15, 1960)
King preaches at Detroit's Tabernacle Baptist Church; delivers "Paul's Letter to American Christians" at First Methodist Church in Battle Creek (March 20, 1960)
King delivers "Rediscovering Lost Values" at Ebenezer (March 27, 1960)
King delivers "Loving Your Enemies" at Scarsdale Community Baptist Church; dines with Eugene Exman (March 31, 1960)
King speaks at Harlem's Salem Methodist Church (April 1, 1960)
King appears on "Open End" with James J. Kilpatrick (April 3, 1960)
King delivers "Love In Action" at Ebenezer (April 3, 1960)
King delivers "Keep Moving from This Mountain" at Spelman College (April 10, 1960)
King delivers "The Tension Between Life's Palm Sunday and Life's Good Friday" at Ebenezer (April 10, 1960)
King's "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence" published in Christian Century (April 13, 1960)
King holds press conference on opening day of Youth Leadership Conference at Shaw University (April 15, 1960)
King addresses Youth Leadership Conference in Raleigh (April 16, 1960)
King appears on "Meet the Press" (April 17, 1960)
Bomb scare delays King's address to Nashville Christian Leadership Conference at Fisk University (April 20, 1960)
King addresses local Urban League in Minneapolis (April 21, 1960)
King delivers "Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Howard University worship service (April 24, 1960)
King delivers "St. Paul's Letter to America" for the Washington Ministerial Association (April 25, 1960)
Cross burned on King's front lawn of Atlanta home (April 26, 1960)
King's "Suffering and Faith" published in Christian Century (April 27, 1960)
King delivers "The Struggle for Racial Justice" at human relations workshop in Atlanta (April 29, 1960)
King delivers "A Doing Religion" at Ebenezer (May 1, 1960)
King's "Keep Moving from This Mountain" published in The Spelman Messenger (May 1, 1960 to May 31, 1960)
King's "The Burning Truth in the South" published in The Progressive (May 1, 1960 to May 31, 1960)
King cited for driving with invalid license in Atlanta (May 4, 1960)
King and Kenneth Kaunda hold press conference at Ebenezer (May 5, 1960)
King meets with Roy Wilkins in Atlanta regarding alleged critical remarks by James Lawson (May 7, 1960)
King speaks on "The Church's Mission on the Frontier of Racial Tension" at University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill (May 8, 1960)
King meets with Stanley Levison, Bayard Rustin, and Wyatt Tee Walker in New York (May 10, 1960)
King is guest of honor at luncheon of New York labor leaders (May 11, 1960)
King attends SNCC's first meeting at Atlanta University (May 13, 1960 to May 14, 1960)
King delivers "Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool" at Ebenezer (May 15, 1960)
King's arraignment on perjury charges postponed (May 16, 1960)
King speaks at Brown v. Board of Education commemoration event at Atlanta's Wheat Street Baptist Church (May 17, 1960)
King delivers baccalaureate sermon at Tuskegee Institute (May 22, 1960)
King's tax trial begins in Montgomery (May 25, 1960 to May 28, 1960)
King testifies at tax trial (May 27, 1960)
King acquitted of falsifying 1956 tax return (May 28, 1960)
King delivers "Autobiography of Suffering" at Ebenezer (May 29, 1960)
King delivers "A Great Time to Be Alive" at Knoxville College commencement (May 30, 1960)
King addresses Petersburg Improvement Association mass meeting (June 1, 1960)
King's "Going Forward by Going Backward" published in AME Church Review (June 1, 1960 to June 30, 1960)
King's "To Win Racial Justice" published in The Student Voice (June 1, 1960 to June 30, 1960)
King preaches "Tragedy of Almost" at Ebenezer (June 5, 1960)
King and A. Philip Randolph hold press conference in New York announcing protests of national party conventions (June 9, 1960)
King preaches "Who Is Truly Great?" at Ebenezer (June 12, 1960)
King speaks to Council of Churches of Greater Cincinnati clergy (June 14, 1960)
King delivers keynote address at Cincinnati's Zion Baptist Church (June 15, 1960)
King attends National Sunday School and BTU Congress meeting in Buffalo (June 17, 1960)
King addresses youth rally in Buffalo (June 18, 1960)
King speaks at Freedom Jubilee at Forbes Field (June 19, 1960)
King meets with Senator John F. Kennedy in New York (June 23, 1960)
King arrives in Miami en route to Tenth Annual Baptist Alliance (June 24, 1960)
King arrives in Nassau en route to Tenth Annual Baptist Alliance (June 25, 1960)
King arrives in San Juan en route to Tenth Annual Baptist Alliance (June 27, 1960)
King attends Baptist World Alliance in Rio de Janeiro (June 28, 1960 to July 3, 1960)
King arrives in Buenos Aires (July 3, 1960)
King arrives in Caracas (July 5, 1960)
King arrives in New York; returns to Atlanta (July 6, 1960)
King's remarks before Democratic Party Platform Committee read by representative (July 7, 1960)
King attends March on the Conventions Movement at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles (July 8, 1960)
King and Adam Clayton Powell hold rally at People's Independent Church in Los Angeles (July 9, 1960)
King speaks at NAACP march in Los Angeles (July 10, 1960)
King interviewed in Los Angeles regarding Senator John F. Kennedy's stance on civil rights (July 13, 1960)
Alabama officials drop remaining perjury charges on King (July 18, 1960)
King addresses rally with Nelson Rockefeller at Chicago's Liberty Baptist Church; addresses rally at Stone Temple Baptist Church (July 24, 1960)
King preaches "Beyond Condemnation" at Ebenezer (July 24, 1960)
King, Roy Wilkins, and A. Philip Randolph lead march to Republican National Convention in Chicago (July 25, 1960)
King and A. Philip Randolph hold press conference in Chicago concluding March on the Conventions Movement (July 28, 1960)
King greeted by motorcade in Tulsa; addresses rally at First Baptist Church (July 28, 1960)
King preaches "Making the Most of a Difficult Situation" at Ebenezer; reports on Baptist World Alliance conference (July 31, 1960)
King delivers "Nonviolence: Its Basic Precepts" at SCLC Institute on Nonviolent Resistance to Segregation (August 4, 1960)
King attends SNCC meeting at Morehouse (August 5, 1960)
King delivers remarks at SCLC Institute on Nonviolent Resistance to Segregation (August 5, 1960)
King preaches "Does God Answer Prayer?" at Ebenezer (August 7, 1960)
King preaches "Levels of Love" at Ebenezer (August 14, 1960)
King preaches at A. D. King's Mount Vernon First Baptist Church in Newnan (August 14, 1960)
Christine King marries Isaac Farris at Ebenezer (August 19, 1960)
King preaches "Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool" at Detroit's Central Methodist Church; participates in question and answer session (August 21, 1960)
King holds press conference in Louisville; rides in parade (August 23, 1960)
King speaks on voter registration at Louisville's Jefferson County Armory (August 23, 1960)
King preaches at Ebenezer (August 28, 1960)
King leads nonviolence training at CORE's Interracial Action Institute in Miami (August 31, 1960)
King attends second day of CORE institute in Miami (September 1, 1960)
King delivers "Why God Called a Man a Fool" at Ebenezer (September 4, 1960)
King delivers "Paul's Letter to American Christians" at DePauw University (September 5, 1960)
King delivers "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness" at National Urban League conference; receives contribution for SCLC (September 6, 1960)
King appears on "Today" (September 7, 1960)
King addresses dinner meeting at Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia (September 8, 1960)
King addresses National Baptist Laymen's Movement at Municipal Auditorium in Philadelphia (September 9, 1960)
King preaches at Pinn Memorial Baptist Church, Salem Baptist Church, and Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia (September 11, 1960)
King speaks at meeting at Howard High School in Wilmington (September 12, 1960)
King and Roy Wilkins announce campaign to register one million black voters (September 14, 1960)
King delivers "The Goodness of the Good Samaritan" at Ebenezer (September 18, 1960)
King delivers "Nonviolent Resistance to Segregation" before Southern Christian Ministers Conference in Jackson (September 21, 1960)
King pleads guilty to driving with improper license; fined (September 23, 1960)
King delivers "The Negro and the American Dream" at NAACP rally in Charlotte (September 25, 1960)
King guest speaker at Western Baptist Bible College event in Omaha (September 30, 1960)
King preaches "The Seeking God" at Ebenezer (October 2, 1960)
King addresses General Baptist Convention of New Jersey mass meeting in South Orange (October 7, 1960)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Laurels Country Club in Sackett Lake (October 8, 1960)
King delivers "Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool" and "The Negro and the American Dream" at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. (October 9, 1960)
King meets with SCLC executive board prior to organization's annual conference in Shreveport (October 11, 1960)
King addresses rally at Galilee Baptist Church in Shreveport (October 12, 1960)
King attends workshop on last day of SCLC conference in Shreveport (October 13, 1960)
King speaks on "The Philosophy of Nonviolence" at SNCC conference in Atlanta (October 14, 1960)
King preaches at Ebenezer; meets with R. R. Diwakar (October 16, 1960)
King arrested and jailed for sit-in at Rich's department store in Atlanta (October 19, 1960)
King remains in jail for previous traffic violation (October 20, 1960 to October 24, 1960)
King receives four-month sentence for sit-in (October 25, 1960)
King transported to Georgia State Prison; John F. Kennedy calls Coretta Scott King over jailing (October 26, 1960)
King freed on bond after Robert F. Kennedy call; addresses mass rally at Ebenezer (October 27, 1960)
King refuses to endorse presidential candidate (November 1, 1960)
King meets with local college administrators regarding sit-ins (November 2, 1960)
King delivers "Education—The Road to Freedom" at Virginia Union University (November 4, 1960)
King preaches "Eight Days Behind Bars" at Ebenezer (November 6, 1960)
WAOK airs interview with King (November 6, 1960)
King addresses trade show at Auburn Avenue Casino in Atlanta (November 7, 1960)
King meets with local leaders regarding lunch counter desegregation (November 7, 1960)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Brown University (November 9, 1960)
King gives press conference; delivers "Facing the Challenge of the New Age" at Brown University (November 10, 1960)
King delivers "The Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Cornell University; departs for Nigeria (November 13, 1960)
King attends inauguration of Nnamdi Azikiwe in Lagos, Nigeria (November 14, 1960 to November 18, 1960)
King lunches with Adlai Stevenson and Field Foundation trustees in Atlanta (November 20, 1960)
King preaches at Ebenezer (November 20, 1960)
King delivers "Strides Toward Freedom" at North Central College (November 21, 1960)
King meets with Atlanta student leaders (November 23, 1960)
King meets with student advisory committee regarding Atlanta protests (November 25, 1960)
King debates James J. Kilpatrick on "The Nation's Future" (November 26, 1960)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at United Hebrew Temple in St. Louis (November 27, 1960)
YWCA Magazine publishes King's "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness" (December 1, 1960 to December 31, 1960)
King preaches "Pride Versus Humility" at Ebenezer (December 4, 1960)
King attends National Council of Churches meeting in San Francisco (December 5, 1960 to December 7, 1960)
King meets with civil rights leaders at Belmont Plaza Hotel in New York (December 10, 1960)
King delivers "The Future of Integration" at Ford Hall Forum in Boston (December 11, 1960)
King delivers "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" at Unitarian Church of Germantown in Philadelphia (December 11, 1960)
King meets with SCLC and Southern Conference Education Fund leaders (December 14, 1960)
King attends YWCA meeting at Atlanta University (December 15, 1960)
King preaches "Christ Our Starting Point" at Ebenezer; meets with church leadership (December 18, 1960)
King speaks at rally at Atlanta's Wheat Street Baptist Church (December 19, 1960)
King meets with ministers and college administrators regarding sit-ins in Atlanta (December 20, 1960)
King performs wedding of Barney Rutledge (December 24, 1960)
King honored at YMCA dinner; speaks at Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga (December 30, 1960)
Freedom Rides (May 4, 1961 to December 16, 1961)
Vietnam War (May 11, 1961 to April 30, 1975)
National Conference on Religion and Race (January 14, 1963 to January 17, 1963)
Birmingham Campaign (April 3, 1963 to May 10, 1963)
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" (April 16, 1963)
Strength to Love (June 5, 1963)
"I Have a Dream" (August 28, 1963)
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 28, 1963)
Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" (January 3, 1964)
St. Augustine, Florida (May 18, 1964 to July 1, 1964)
Why We Can't Wait (June 8, 1964)
Freedom Summer (June 14, 1964 to August 20, 1964)
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964)
Nobel Peace Prize (December 10, 1964)
Selma to Montgomery March (March 21, 1965 to March 25, 1965)
Watts Rebellion (Los Angeles) (August 11, 1965 to August 16, 1965)
Chicago Campaign (January 7, 1966 to August 26, 1966)
"Beyond Vietnam" (April 4, 1967)
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (June 19, 1967)
"Drum Major Instinct" (February 4, 1968)
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike (February 12, 1968 to April 16, 1968)
"I've Been to the Mountaintop" (April 3, 1968)
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4, 1968)
Poor People's Campaign (May 12, 1968 to June 24, 1968)
Trumpet of Conscience, The (June 26, 1968)