This document provides a chronological overview of key events in the life and career of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. It notes that MLK Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and highlights milestones such as his education, marriage, work as a minister beginning in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, leadership in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956, publication of his book in 1958, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and his assassination in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. The document also references icons of the movement like Rosa Parks and themes of nonviolence, faith, tolerance, and overcoming advocated by MLK Jr. and the fight for civil rights and equality.