Dr. King Timeline: "1963
March 28: Bernice Albertine, the Kings' fourth child, is born.
March-April Sit-in demonstrations are held in Birmingham to protest segregation of eating facilities. Dr. King is arrested during the demonstration.
April 16: Dr. King writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' while imprisoned for demonstrating.
May3-5: Eugene 'Bull' Connor, director of public safety of Birmingham, orders the use of police dogs and fire hoses on the marching protestors.
May 20: The Supreme Court of the United States rules Birmingham's segregation ordinances unconstitutional.
June: Dr. King's book Strength to Love is published.
June 11: Governor George Wallace tries to stop the court-ordered integration of the University of Alabama by 'standing in the schoolhouse door' and personally refusing entrance to black students.
June 12: Medgar Evans is assassinated in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
August 28: In Washington, D.C., the March on Washington is held. Dr. King delivers his 'I Have a Dream' speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
November 22: President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas."