I tried to feed the hungry
S eptem b er 4. Dr. King is convicted after pleading "n o t guilty" on the
charge o f failure to obey an officer. The fine is paid almost immediately,
over Dr. King’s objection, by Montgomery Police Commissioner Clyde C.
Sellers
k p t w n b w 17. S lridt Toward Fnadom : The Montgomery Story, by Dr.
King, is published by Harper A Row.
S ep tem b er 20. Dr. King is stabbed in the chest by Mrs. Izola Curry,
forty-two, who is subsequently alleged to me mentally deranged. The stab­
bing occurs in the heart o f Harlem while Dr. King is autographing his re­
cently published book. His condition is said to be serious but not critical.
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1551 January 10. Dexter Scott, the family's third child, it born to the Kings
in Atlanta.
M a y 4. The first group of Freedom Riders, intent on integrating interstate
buses, leaves Washington, D .C . by Oreyhound bus. The group, organized
by the Congress for Racial Equality (C O R E ), leaves shortly after the
Supreme court has outlawed segregation in inleratate transportation termin­
als. The bus is burned outside of Anniston. Alambam, on May 14. A mob
beats the Riders upon their arrival in Birmingham. The Riders are arrested
in Jackson, Mississippi, and spend 40 to sixty days in Parchman Peniten­
tiary.
1553. M arch 25. The Kings' fourth child, Bernice Albertine, is born.
M arch-A pril. Sit-in demonstrations are held in Birmingham to protest seg­
regation of eating facilities. Dr. King is arrested during a demonstration.
April 15. Dr. King writes the "Letter from Birmingham Jail,” while impri­
soned for demonstrating.
M ay 3, 4, 5. "B u ll" Connor, director o f public safety of Birmingham, or­
ders the use o f police dogs and fire hoses upon the marching protestors
(young adults and children).
M a y 20. The Supreme Court rules Birmingham's segregation ordinances
unconstitutional.
February 2 M arch 10. Dr. and Mrs. King spend a month in India studying
Gandhi’s techniques of nonviolence, as guests of Prune Minister Nehru.
D scem ber 15. Dr. King arrives in Albany, Georgia, in response to a call
from Dr. W .G. Anderson, the leader of the Albany Movement to desegre­
gate public faclities, which began in January, 1961.
N ovem ber £5. Dr. King submits his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Av­
enue Baptist Church.
D e c e m b er 14. D r. King is arrested at an Albany demonstration. He is
charged with obstructing the sidewalk and parading without a permit.
Juna 11. Governor George Wallace "stands in the schoolhouse door" to
try to slop integration of the University of Alabama, and personally refuses
entrance to black students and Justice Department officials. President John
F. Kennedy then federalizes the Alabama National Guard, and Governor
Wallace removes himself from blocking the entrance of the Negro students.
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Juno 12. Medgar Evers, N A A C P leader in Jackson, Mississippi, is assas­
sinated at his home by a rifle bullet. His memorial service is held in Jackson
on June 13 and he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington,
D .C ., on June I9.
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1550 J a n u a ry 24. The King fam ily moves to A tlanta. D r. King and his
father become co-pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
February 1. The first lunch counter sit-in to desegregate eating facilities is
held by students in Greensboro, North Carolina.
February 17. A warrant is issued for Dr King' arrest on charges that he did
not pay his 1936 and 1938 Alabama state income taxes.
A pril 15. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (S N CC ) is
founded to coordinate student protest at Shaw University. Raleigh, North
Carolina, on a temporary basis. (Later, in October, it became a permanent
organization.) Dr. King and James Lawson are the keynote speakers at the
Shaw University founding.
1552 February 27. Dr. King is tried and convicted for leading the December
march in Albany.
July 27. Dr. King is arrested at an Albany city hall prayer vigil and jailed on
charges of failure to obey a police officer, obstructing the sidewalk, and dis­
orderly conduct.
S aptam b ar 20. James Meredith makes his first attempt to enroll at the
University of Mississippi He is actually enrolled by Supreme Court order
and is escorted onto Oxford, Mississippi, campus by U.S. marshals on Oc­
tober I, 1962.
O ctobar 15. Dr. King meets with President John F. Kennedy at the White
House for a one-hour conference.
M ay 2B. Dr. King is acquitted of the tax evasion charge by an all-white jury
in Montgomery.
A ug u st 25. The March on Washington, the first large integrated protest
march, is held in Washington, D.C. Dr. King and other civil rights leaders
meet with President John F. Kennedy in the White House, and afterwards
Dr. King delivers his " I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial.
Saptam bar. Dr. King's book Strength to Lovy is published by Harper A
Row.
S aptam bar 2-10. Governor Wallace orders the Alabama state troopers to
stop the court-ordered integration o f Alabama's elementary and high
schools until he is enjoined by court injunction from doing so. By Septem­
ber 10 specific schools are actually integreated by court order.
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Juna 10. Dr. King and A. Philip Randolph announce plans for picketing
both the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
O c to b e r 15. D r. King is arrested at an Atlanta sit-in and is jailed on a
charge of violating the state’s trespass law.
Oct. 22-27. The Atlanta charges are dropped. All jailed demonstrators are
released except for Dr. King, who is ordered held on a charge of violating a
probated sentence in a traffic arrest case. He is transferred to the DeKalb
County Jail in Decatur, Georgia, and is then transferred to the Reidsville
State Prison. He is released from the Reidsville State Prison on a $2,000
bond.
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onviolence is the answer
to the crucial political and moral
questions o f our time; the need
fo r man to overcome oppression
and violence without resorting to
oppression and violence.
M an must evolve fo r all human
conflict a method which rejects
revenge, aggression and retaliation.
The foundation o f such a method
is love.”
Martin Luther King. Jr.
, have a
dream.
I have a dream that one day out in the red fulls of G e o rg ia ttie sons of form er
slaves and the sons ot fo rm e r sla ve o w n e rs w ill be able to sit dow n to g e th e r
at the table ot b ro th e rh o o d
I have a rfr»>am that one flay e ve n the sla te nt M ississip p i a stale s w e lte rin g
w ith the heat of o p p re s s io n w ill be tra n sfo rm e d in to an oasis ot tie e d frm
and pistice
I have a dream that my lour tittle c h ild re n w ill o n e day live in a na tio n w h e re
they w ill not be lo d g e d by the co lo r ot their skin but by their ch a ra cte r
I have a dream today
I have a d re a m that one da» »'very valley shall be e n g u lfe d »‘ve ry h ill shall
tie e x .lift'd and e v e ry m o u n ta in shall be m ade low the ro ugh pla ce s w ill be
m ade plains and th e C 'n o ke d p laces w ill be mad»1 stra ig h t and the g lo ry ot
the I o rd shall be re vealed and all flesh see it to g e th e r
This is our hop»« This is the I,nth ttia t I w ill go back to 'th e S o u th w ith W ith
this fa ith we w ill b»> able to h<>w o u t of ttie m o u n ta in ot despair a stone of h o p e
W ith th is taith we w ill be able to w ork to g e th e r to pray to g e th e r Io s tru g g le
to g e th e r to go to tail to g e th e r to c lim b up tor fre e d o m to g e th e r kn o w in g
ttia t we w ill be fre e one day
In observation of the devotion to peace
and special contributions to justice
made by Dr. King.
This w ill b»> (lie day w hen all ot G o d s c h ild re n w ill be able to sin g w ith new
m e a n in g My c o u n try tis of th e e .S w e e t land ot lib e rty O l th e e I sing Land
w here my tath»'rs di«»d Land of the P ilg rim s pod»- F r t im i’ v ry m o u n ta in s id e
Let fre e d o m ring
A nd if A m e ric a is to b e .i »peat n a tio n th is m ust b e c o m e tru e S o let freedom
r i n g from the m ig h ty m o u n ta in s o t N ew York
Let fre e d o m rin g from the h e ig h te n in g A lle g h e n ie s of P ennsylvania
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Building
a future.
Dream by dream.
It all Marls with a dream. To he a
lawyer. A doctor. A Golden Gloves
champion. To own your own business
And it starts wiih the people who
have those dreams Who are working
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seeing their stories in the months io
come Because ihes end up building a
future. a good. solid future
for all
of us. Dream by dreum.
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