Biography of Martin Luther Jr King:

1929 - Born on January 15th in Atlanta, Georgia. His leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States.

 1935 - At about age six, when one of his white playmates announced that his parents would no longer allow him to play with King, because the children were now attending segregated schools. 1941 - His maternal grandmother, whose death left him shaken and unstable.

Upset because Martin Luther Jr King had learned of her fatal heart attack while attending a parade without his parents' permission, the 12-year-old Martin attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window.  1944 - At age 15, King entered Morehouse College in Atlanta under a special wartime program intended to boost enrollment by admitting promising high-school students like him.