The King Center

History - Alberta Wiliams King (mother of MLK) was shot and killed while playing the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church
2026-06-30
June 30, 1974

History - CSK announced the incorporation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center in Atlanta (later renamed The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change)
2026-06-26
June 26, 1965

History - MLK launched Summer Community Organization & Political Education Project
2026-06-20
June 20, 1965

History - MLK married CSK
2026-06-18
June 18, 1953

History - US Senate passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by 77to 19 votes
2026-05-26
May 26, 1965

History - Yolanda DeniseKing is cremated in Atlanta
2026-05-25
May 25, 2007

History - Yolanda Renee King is born to MLK II and Andrea King in Atlanta
2026-05-25
May 25, 2008

History - MLK III married Andrea R. Waters in Santa Barbara
2026-05-23
May 23, 2006

History - MLK delivers the "Give Us the Ballot" speech at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial
2026-05-17
May 17, 1957

History - Yolanda Denise King passed in Santa Monica, CA
2026-05-15
May 15, 2007

History - CSK is born in Marion, AL
2026-04-27
April 27, 1927

History - MLK writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in response to a group of white clergymen
2026-04-16
April 16, 1963

History - MLK speaks at the founding meeting of SNCC at Shaw University
2026-04-15
April 15, 1960

History - MLK’s Funeral
2026-04-09
April 9, 1968

History - Congressman John Conyers introduces the first legislation providing for a MLK Federal Holiday
2026-04-08
April 08, 1968

History - CSK led Memorial March in Mepmphis with sanitation workers
2026-04-08

History - MLK is assassinated
2026-04-04
April 04, 1968

History - Berince Albertine King is born
2026-03-28
March 28, 1963

History - MLK speaks on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights
2026-03-25
March 25, 1965

History - MLK Leads the Selma to Montgomery March
2026-03-19
March 19, 1965

History - MLK is ordained and appointed associate pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church
2026-02-25
February 25, 1965

History - MLK Featured on the cover of Time Magazine
2026-02-18
February 18, 1957

History - Coretta Scott King interred at TKC
2026-02-07
February 07, 2006

History - MLk delivers his "Drum Major Instinct Sermon" (his eulogy speech) at Ebenezer Baptist Church
2026-02-04
February 04, 1968

History - MLK is arrested during a voting rights march in SELMa
2026-02-01
February 01, 1965

History - Coretta Scott King passes away in Playas de Rosarito, Mexico
2026-01-30
January 30, 2006

History - Dexter Scott King is born in Atlanta
2026-01-30
January 30, 1961

History - Anniversary of the dinner at the Dinkler Plaza Hotel honoring MLK as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
2026-01-27
January 27, 1965

History - 1st Federal Holiday (Publice Law 98-144) honoring MLK is held
2026-01-18
January 18, 1986

History - TKC's Freedom Hall Complex is dedicated
2026-01-15
January 15, 1982
