The King Center

History - Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
2022-08-06
August 06, 1965

History - Alfred Daniel King was born in Atlanta
2022-07-30
July 30, 1930

History - Alfred Daniel King (MLK's only brother, known as AD) was found drowned in his own pool in Atlanta.
2022-07-21
July 21, 1969

History - The US House of Representatives passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by 333 to 85 votes
2022-07-09
July 09, 1965

History - Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
2022-07-02
July 02, 1964

History - MLK & CSK spend belated honeymoon in Mexico
2022-07-01
July 01, 1958

History - Alberta Wiliams King (mother of MLK) was shot and killed while playing the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church
2022-06-30
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)
2022-06-26
June 26, 1965

History - MLK launched Summer Community Organization & Political Education Project
2022-06-20
June 20, 1965

History - MLK married CSK
2022-06-18
June 18, 1953

History - US Senate passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by 77to 19 votes
2022-05-26
May 26, 1965

History - Yolanda DeniseKing is cremated in Atlanta
2022-05-25
May 25, 2007

History - Yolanda Renee King is born to MLK II and Andrea King in Atlanta
2022-05-25
May 25, 2008

History - MLK III married Andrea R. Waters in Santa Barbara
2022-05-23
May 23, 2006

History - MLK delivers the "Give Us the Ballot" speech at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial
2022-05-17
May 17, 1957

History - Yolanda Denise King passed in Santa Monica, CA
2022-05-15
May 15, 2007

History - CSK is born in Marion, AL
2022-04-27
April 27, 1927

History - MLK writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in response to a group of white clergymen
2022-04-16
April 16, 1963

History - MLK speaks at the founding meeting of SNCC at Shaw University
2022-04-15
April 15, 1960

History - Congressman John Conyers introduces the first legislation providing for a MLK Federal Holiday
2022-04-08
April 08, 1968

History - CSK led Memorial March in Mepmphis with sanitation workers
2022-04-08

History - MLK is assassinated
2022-04-04
April 04, 1968

History - Berince Albertine King is born
2022-03-28
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
2022-03-25
March 25, 1965

History - MLK Leads the Selma to Montgomery March
2022-03-19
March 19, 1965

History - MLK is ordained and appointed associate pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church
2022-02-25
February 25, 1965

History - MLK Featured on the cover of Time Magazine
2022-02-18
February 18, 1957

History - Coretta Scott King interred at TKC
2022-02-07
February 07, 2006

History - MLk delivers his "Drum Major Instinct Sermon" (his eulogy speech) at Ebenezer Baptist Church
2022-02-04
February 04, 1968

History - MLK is arrested during a voting rights march in SELMa
2022-02-01
February 01, 1965
