martin luther king
...ontgomery, Al, and at his father’s church in Atlanta. In 1958, King’s first book was published. It was called ‘Stride Toward Freedom’. While King was promoting his book in a Harlem book store, an African American woman stabbed him. 1963, King leads protests in Birmingham for desegregated department store facilities, and fair hiring. April 1963, King gets arrested after demonstrating in defiance of a court order. While in jail, King wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail." The letter became a classic of the civil-rights movement. August 28, 1963, 250,000 civil-rights supporters attended the March on Washington. At the Lincoln Memorial, King delivers the famous "I have a dream" speech. 1964, King’s book ‘Why We Can’t Wait’ is published. On December 10, 1964 King won the Nobel Peace Prize. January 18, 1965 King successfully registered to vote at the Hotel Albert in Selma, Ala. and was assaulted by James George Robinson of Birmingham. King continues to protest discrimination in voter registration, and gets arrested and taken to jail. February 9, 1965 King ...