1955-1956 Led a successful effort to desegregate Montgomery, Alabama, buses

1957 Helped found and was the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

1963 Wrote 'Letter from Birmingham Jail,' arguing that it was his moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws

1963 Delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech to civil rights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

1964 Won the Nobel Peace Prize 1965 Organized a mass march from Selma to

Montgomery, Alabama, that created national support for federal voting-rights legislation

1968 Was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee

King's nonviolent doctrine was strongly influenced by the teachings of Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi.

In 1964, King became the first black American to be honored as Time magazine's Man of the Year.

King's efforts were not limited to securing civil rights; he also spoke out against poverty and the Vietnam War.

1938 Marshall is appointed chief counsel for the NAACP

1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka won by Marshall

1967 Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court; first African American justice

1933-The Negro’s Church published

1936-Meets Gandhi in India

1940-Becomes President of Morehouse College

Mentor of MLK Jr.Leadership roles in

NAACP, the International Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the World Council of Churches, the United Negro College Fund, and many other organizations

1956-Graduates at 18 from Morehouse

1973-Elected Mayor of Atlanta; served for 8 years and re-elected in 1990

Oversaw expansion of Hartsfield Airport – later renamed Hartsfield-Jackson in his honor

worked closely with Young, Atlanta Olympics organizing committee chair Billy Payne, and others to bring the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta.

1961-Left Pastor position to work with SCLC where he registered thousands of voters

1972-won Georgia's Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

1977-Pres. Carter names Young as ambassador to United Nations

1981-Elected Mayor of Atlanta

co chair of the Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games and has been vocal on such issues as economic development and the state flag.

Member NAACP1961-Admitted to UGA; graduated 1963 with

Bachelor of ScienceFall 1963-1st black student admitted to Emory

University’s School of Medicineserved as chief of orthopedics at the Veterans

Administration hospital in Atlanta, opened a private practice, and became medical director of Grady Memorial Hospital before finally being named head of orthopedic surgery at Grady as well as associate dean at Emory.

1961-Along with Holmes, becomes first black student at UGA

1963-Editorial job at New Yorker Magazine1968-begins work at New York Times; establishes

Harlem bureau1999-joins CNN as bureau chief in Johannesburg,

South AfricaHunter-Gault has received numerous awards,

including two National News and Documentary Emmy Awards as well as two Peabody Awards.

Elected to U.S. Senate in 1956-1980

Served as GA governor for a brief time in 1947 and again 1948-1954 (involved in “three governors” controversy)

Supported amendment that would allow schools to close rather than integrate

Rural Development Act of 1972: provided grants and loans to rural areas for the improvement of infrastructure. Industrial parks were aided by this program, as were water and sewage systems.

1966-Runs for governor; defeats Ellis Arnall

The name of his cafeteria was named after Lester’s nickname “Pickrick”; Maddox closed the cafeteria rather than desegregate it

Although known as being generally pro-segregation and anti-civil rights, as governor he appointed more African Americans to government positions than all previous Georgia governors combined, including the first black officer in the Georgia State Patrol and the first black official to the state Board of Corrections.