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1966
April
King makes "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church in
New York City.
March
U S Supreme Court rules poll tax unconstitutional
Spring
King tours Alabama to help elect Black candidates. For first time
since Reconstruction a number of Blacks vote in the Alabama
primary
May
A King antiwar statement is read at a Washington rally to pro­
test the war in Vietnam King agrees to serve as co-chairman of
Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam.
July
Riots in Newark, New Jersey and Detroit, Michigan. Dr King
and other prominent Black leaders call for an end to the hots.
October
Supreme Court upholds the contempt of court convictions of
Dr. King and other Black leaders who led the 1963 marches in
Birmingham, Alabama.
November
King announces the formation of a Poor People's Campaign by
SCLC to address the problems of the poor - Black and White.
July
King launches a drive to make Chicago an "open city'' in regard
to housing.
August
King is stoned in Chicago while leading a march through crowds
of angry whites.
March
King leads 6,000 protesters on a march through downtown
Memphis in support of sinking sanitation workers.
September
SCLC launches a project to integrate the public schools of Gre
nada, Mississippi and initiates the Alabama Citizen Education Proj
act in Wilcox County.
April
Kmy delivers his last speech "l've Been to the Mountain Top," at
the Memphis Masonic Temple. On the 4th, Dr Kmg is assassinat
ed He dies in St. Joseph s Hospital
January
King writes H here D o H e Go From Here7
March
The desegregation of public schools is ordered in Alabama. Dr
King attacks U.S. policy in Vietnam in Chicago speech.
“ One day someone should remind us that, even though there may
be p o litica l and ideological differences between us, the
Vietnamese are o ur brothers, the Russians are our brothers, the
Chinese are our brothers; and one day we ‘ve got to sit down
together at the table o f brotherhood. . . .A n d when we truly
believe in the sacredness o f human personality, we w o n ’t exploit
people, we w on't trample over people with the iron fis t o f
oppression, we w on’t k ill anybody. ”
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K IN G D A Y ” V o lu n teers
On Sunday. January 18. 1987. the Martin Luther King. Ji Comnieinora
tive Committee will present the Second Annual KING DAY CELEBRATION
This year's event will lake place at the Red Lion Inn (Jantzen Beach).
The King Day Production Committee is looking for volunteers to assist
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If you would like to volunteer your time or services, please contact Joe
(Bean) Keller at (5031 288 1662
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The ceremony, sponsored by the
Associated Students of PCC, will be
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speak during the ceremony. Chil
dren from the Albina Minsterial
Alliance Headstart program will pre
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sing.
Further information is available
from Alan Batiste, student govern
ment advisor. 283 2541, Ext 5356
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