King's first book is published. While King is promoting his book, Stride Toward Freedom , an African American woman stabs him. Martin Luther King Jr. visits India. King travels to Atlanta to pastor for his father's church, Ebenezer Baptist Church. King meet's with president Kennedy to urge support for civil rights.
King leads protests against segregated department store facilities, and fair hiring.
1963, April King is arrested. This letter later became a classic of the civil rights movement. 1963, August 28 King leads the March on Washington. Over 250 thousand civil-rights supporters attend. King's second book is published, Why We Can't Wait .