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----------- Feature A day of realization and remembrance 5 WedNEsdAy, J anuary 25, 2002 Tit e CI ac I camàs .P rìnt The life of Reverend King 1929-MartinLutherKingJr. was bom to Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr. in Atalanta, Georgia 1948- Martin Luther King Jr. Gradu ates from Morehouse College, with out ever graduat- ing from high school. 1953- King is mar ried to Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama. 1954- After choos ing to become a minister, he beccame the twen tieth pastor of the Dexter s Avenue Church, Mont gomery. 1955- King re ceives his PHD from Boston Uni versity. Mrs. Rosa Parks is arrested for failing to give up a bus seat to a white man. African Americans boycott the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama. King is unanimously elected president of an organization named the Mont gomery Improvement Association. Bus service in the black neighbor hoods is suspended. 1956-A bomb is thrown onto the porch of the King home in Montgomery. King is indicted on charges under charges of helping hinder the opera tion of buses without legal cause. Dis- ' tri c t court rules that bus segregation is unconstitutional. Montgomery buses return to the African American neigh borhoods with unsegregated service. 1957- Another bomb is placed on the porch of the King’s home but tails to ex plode. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded ; King is elected its president Na tional guards are ordered by the vice president to escort nine black stu dents to a white high school. The Civil Rights Commission is created by the federal government 1958- King’s book "Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story" is published by Harper & Row. King is stabbed in the chest while doingabook signing in the heart of Harlem. The stabber, Mrs. Izola Curry, is suppos edly mentally ill. 1959- King and family travel to India to study Gandhi's techniques of non violence as guests of the Prime Minis ter. 1960- After the King family move to Atlanta, Martin is made co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. The first lunch-counter sit-in to desegregate eating facilities is held. King is acquit ted of the tax evasion charge by an all white jury in Montgomery. King is ar rested in Atlanta after conducting a sit-in on charges of violating trust pass ing laws. Kingis held ona$2,000 bond, which is immediately paid and he is released. 1961- A group called the Freedom Rid ers intent on desegregating the inter state bus system heads out from Washington D.C. on a bus. In Anniston, Alabama, the bus is raided by a mob and the freedom riders are beaten viciously. In Albany, Georgia King conducts a demonstration to de segregate public facilities. He is ar rested while doing this on charges of parading without a permit. 1962- King is convicted for leading the march in Albany. After leaving jail, King joins the Birmingham protests. In Albany again, King is arrested for obstructing the sidewalk and for dis orderly conduct. The first African American attempt at attending the Uni versity of Mississippi is made and is a success thanks to the Supreme Court. 1963- During another demonstration King is arrested for a sit-in to protest segregation of eating facilities. While imprisoned King writes his letter from a Birmingham jail. Use of police dogs and fire hoses upon marching protest ers is ordered in Birmingham. The Su- preme Court rules Birmingham’s seg regation laws are unconstitutional. King’s book "Strength to Love" is pub lished by Harper & Row. The march on Washington is the first large scale desegregation march held. King deliv erers his"I have a dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 1964- King joins workers in demon strations for the integration of public accommodations in St. Augustine, Florida. Because of this he is arrested, and soon King’s book "Why We Can’t Wait" is published by Harper & Row. King attends the signing of the Public Accommodations Bill. Riots oc cur in Harlem andablackman his killed; more take place in New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania. King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Noway. 1965- President Johnson addresses the nation and Congress. He describes the voting rights bill he will submit to Congress in two days. Police on horse back beat demonstrators in Montgom ery. Over 3,000 protest marchers leave Selma for a march to Montgomery. They are joined along the way by a total of25,000marchers. Upon reaching the capital they hear a speech by King. King visits Chi cago and aids in the effort to im prove the Chicago Projects. The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson. 1966- King rents an apartment in the black ghetto of Chicago. King takes over a Chicago slum building and is sued by its owner. The Supreme Court rules any poll tax un constitutional. King launches a drive to make Chicago an open city in re gard to housing. King is stoned in Chicago as he leads a march through crowds of angry whites. 1967- King writes his final book, 'Where Do We Go from Here?" while visiting Jamaica. Alabama is ordered to desegregate all public schools by the federal government Tventy-three people die, 725 are injured in riots in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. King an nounces the formation of a Poor People’sCampaign, with the aim ofrep- resenting the problems of poor blacks and whites. 1968- King leads a parade of6,000pro testers in support of striking African American sanitation workers. King’s last speech, entitled “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top,” is delivered. King is assassinated by a sniper at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He dies moments later in St Joseph’s Hospital from a gunshot wound in the neck. James Earl Ray was the shooter. ’’J-ree al last/ree al last. ChaqH God alrqighty» 2Trr\ Jree aliasi.” Quotable Quotes: ”/fow is the W to mak« justice a reality /or all oj God’s children.” ()\ugust, 1963) ”We caqqot be truly "Cljristiaq people so long as we jlauqt the central teachings of Jesus: aqd tl]e Goldeq fyile.” (//fay, 1944) ’'...religioq/or rqeisli/e.” ( J^oYenqber, 1950). ’’"We will wiq our /reedorq because the sacred heritage oj our qatioq aqd the eterqal will oj erqbodied iq our echoiqg derqaqds.” ()\pril, 1963) ”jViy parents would always tell rqe that J should not hat« the white man. but that it was my Christian to loye hH** (JloYember, 1963) ”3 hav« a dream today.” ()\ugust, 1963) Information compiled by Salena De La Cruz from member@aol.com & Seattle Times.
