Martin Luther King Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Black Power

The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"

Demonstrations

The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power". On the steps of the state capitol building, King delivers a speech that has become known as "How Long, Not Long"

Legislation

Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting

American Liberties Medallion

The American Jewish Committee presented King with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty"

Demonstrations

King and SCLC join voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery; police beat and tear gas marchers; King addresses rally before state capitol, builds support for voting rights

Reform of Electoral System

Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting

Voting Rights Act

Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting

National Mobilisation After Selma

Martin Luther King called on supporters to respond to the violence and renew the campaign for voting rights.

Role range: 1965-1965

Chicago Freedom Movement

The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organisations, an organisation founded by Albert Raby, the combined organisations efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM)

Civil Disobedience

King turns toward economic issues; SCLC moves civil rights struggle to the North; opens Chicago office to organize protests against housing and employment discrimination. Growing popularity of the black power movement, blacks stressing self-reliance and self-defense, indicates King's influence was declining, especially among young blacks

Community Organisations

The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organisations, an organisation founded by Albert Raby, the combined organisations efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM)

Demonstrations

The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organisations, an organisation founded by Albert Raby, the combined organisations efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM)

Beyond Vietnam Speech

Delivers a major speech opposing the Vietnam War at Riverside Church

Role range: 1960-1975

Demonstrations

Calls for a campaign of civil disobedience to meet black demands

Civil Disobedience

King plans Poor Peoples Campaign; advocates redistribution of wealth to eradicate black poverty

Poor Peoples Campaign

King plans Poor Peoples Campaign; advocates redistribution of wealth to eradicate black poverty

Assassination of Martin Luther King

King goes to Memphis, Tennessee, in support of the black sanitary public works employees, represented by AFSCME Local 1733, who had been on strike since March 12 for higher wages and better treatment

Assassination of Martin Luther King

Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader

Assassination of Martin Luther King

King is booked in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, owned by Walter Bailey, in Memphis, while standing on the motel's 2nd floor balcony, King is shot at 6:01 p.m. Five days later, President Lyndon B.

Assassination of Martin Luther King

King is pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m.

Assassination of Martin Luther King

King returns to Memphis and addresses a rally, delivering his "I've been to the Mountaintop" address at Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ, Inc. - World Headquarters), King's flight to Memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat against his plane.

Assassination of Martin Luther King

The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities.

Death of Martin Luther King

Death of Martin Luther King Jr

Assassination of Martin Luther King

Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis

Death of Martin Luther King

Shot dead while stepping out onto a motel room balcony in Memphis

Death of Martin Luther King

A crowd of 300,000 attend Martin Luther King's funeral