Martin Luther King, Jr.
A resource guide to the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Honorary Degrees
Dr. King was awarded honorary degrees from numerous colleges and universities in the United States and several foreign countries. They include the following:
| 1957 | Doctor of Humane Letters, Morehouse College |
| Doctor of Laws, Howard University | |
| Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary 1958 Doctor of Laws, Morgan State College | |
| Doctor of Humanities, Central State College | |
| 1959 | Doctor of Divinity, Boston University |
| 1961 | Doctor of Laws, Lincoln University |
| Doctor of Laws, University of Bridgeport | |
| 1962 | Doctor of Civil Laws, Bard College |
| 1963 | Doctor of Letters, Keuka College 1964 Doctor of Divinity, Wesleyan College |
| Doctor of Laws, Jewish Theological Seminary | |
| Doctor of Laws, Yale University | |
| Doctor of Divinity, Springfield College | |
| 1965 | Doctor of Laws, Hofstra University |
| Doctor of Human Letters, Oberlin College | |
| Doctor of Social Science, Amsterdam Free University | |
| Doctor of Divinity, St. Peter's College | |
| 1967 | Doctor of Civil Law, University of New Castle Upon Tyne |
| Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa |