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•f Page 6, Portland Observt * « .V e 1988, S ection II Chronology mously in Brown v. Board of Edu cation that racial segregation <in public schools as unconstitutional. O ctober 31: King is installed by his father as the twentieth pastor of the Dexter Avenue Church in Mont gomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Chronology Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement: 1929 January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr., is born in Atlanta, Geor gia. His mother is Alberta Christine Williams King. His father is Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. 1948 February 25: King is ordained to the Baptist ministry. June: King graduates from Morehouse College with a B.A. in sociology. S eptem ber: King enters Crozer Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania. After hearing Dr. A.J. Muste and Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson preach on the life and teaching of Mahatma Gandhi, he begins to study Gandhi seriously. 1955 June 5: King receives a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston University. Novem ber 17: Yolanda Denise, the Kings' first child, is born. December 1: In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, a forty two ye ir-old seamstress, refuses to relinquish her bus seat to a white man and is arrested December 5: The first day of the Montgomery bus boycott. The Montgomery Improvement Associ ation is formed and Dr. King is unanimously elected president of the organization. December 10. The Montgomery bus company sus pends service in black neighbor hoods. 1951 June: King graduates from Crozer with a Bachelor of Divinity. < 1953 June 18: King marries Coret ta Scott in Marion, Alabama. 1935-1944: King attends David T. Howard Elementary School, A t lanta University Laboratory School, and Booker T. Washington High School. He passes the entrance ex amination to Atlanta's Morehouse College without graduating from high school. 1954 May 17: The Supreme Court of the United States rules unani- 1941: James Farmer establishes Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and begins lunch counter sit-ins in Chicago. 1956 January 30: A bomb is thrown onto the porch of the Kings' Montgomery home. Coretta King, Yolanda King, and church member Lucy Williams are in the house:-no one is injured. February 2: A suit is filed in federal district court asking that Montgomery's travel segrega tion laws be declared unconstitu- 1947: King is licensed to preach and becomes assistant to his father, who is pastor of the Ebenezer Bap tist Church in Atlanta. I <5 r y» A.S.K. - OMSI SCIENCE CENTER ( ALBERTA SCIENCE FOR KIDS) ¡-.t » •’ r . f k# " ii HONORS '•4 MART!A LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! OMSI PRESENTS: THE OMSI A.S.K. CENTER The OMSI A.S.K. Center is a family-oriented science/fun center that strives ,0 help urban youth parents develop a healthy, non-threatening view of science. It exists to enhance kids' understanc prevalent and important science is in our everyday life. But most importantly, the A.S.K much fun science activities can be while learning very important principles of science. WHERE WINTER SESSIONS (JANUARY THRU APRIL 9, 1988) GROUP I: (Grades 1-3) meets Mondays, 3:30 5:30PM GROUP II: (Grades 4-5) meets Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00PM GROUP III: (Grades 6-8) meets Wednesdays, 4:00 6:00PM GROUPIV: (Grades 9-12) meets Thursdays 4:00 GROUP HONORS (Grades 6-12) meets Saturdays, 1 St. Andrews Community School 4919 N.E. 9th (9th and Alberta) (503) 222-2828 (503) 284 0837