Dr Martin Luther King, Jr was awarded honorary degrees from various colleges and universities worldwide :

1957
Doctor of Human 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

1967
Doctor of Civil Law, University of New Castle Upon Tyne
Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr received many awards for his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Some of them are listed here :

· Selected one of the most outstanding personalities of the year by Time, 1957.
· Listed in Who’s Who in America, 1957.
· The Spingarn Medal from NAACP, 1957.
· The Russwurm Award from the National Newspaper Publishers, 1957.
· The Second Annual Achievment -- The Guardian Association of the Police Department of New York, 1958.
· Link Magazine of New Delhi, India, listed Dr King as one of the 16 world leaders who had contributed most to   the advancement of freedom during 1959.
· Named Man of the Year by Time, 1963.
· Named American of the Decade by Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Die Workers International Union, 1963.
· The John Dewey Award, from the United Federation of Teachers, 1964.
· The John F Kennedy Award, from the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago, 1964.
· The Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. At 35, he was the youngest man, the second American, and the third black     man awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
· The Marcus Garvey Prize for Human Rights presented by the Jamaican Government (posthumously) 1968.
· The Rosa L Parks Award presented by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (posthumously) 1968.