1955 : Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University.
1963 : Organizes a bus boycott in Alabama to protest segregated buses. His house is bombed, and he is put in jail. Writes "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
1964 : The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ends segregation in America.
1964 : Becomes the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Price (age 35).
1965 : The Voting Rights Act gives more blacks and poor people the power to vote. People no longer need to pass a test to be able to vote.
April 4, 1967 : Speech at Riverside Church condemns the Vietnam War.
April 4, 1968 : Is killed by a gunman in Memphis, Tennessee.
