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Page 8, Portland Observer, January 13, 1988, Section II
Chronology
M arch 21-25: Over three thousand
protest marchers leave Selma for a
march to Montgomery, protected
by federal troops. They are joined
along the way by a total of twenty-
five thousand marchers.
Upon
reaching the capitol they hear on
address by Dr. King. M arch 25:
Viola Liuzzo is shot and killed while
driving a marcher from Montgomery
to Selma. A ug u st 6: The 1965
Voting Rights Act is signed by Pre
sident Johnson.
A ug u st 11-16:
Thirty-five people die in riots in the
Watts area of Los Angeles, Califor
nia.
1966: Dr. King rents an apartment
in a Chicago ghetto. February 23:
In Chicago, Dr. King meets with
Elijah Muhammad, leader of the
Nation of Islam. M arch: Dr. King
takes over a Chicago slum building
and is sued by its owner. M arch
25: The Supreme Court of the
United States rules that any poll
tax is unconstitutional. May 16:
Dr. King agrees to serve as cochair
man of Clergy and Laymen Con
cerned about Vietnam. An antiwar
statement by Dr. King is read at a
large Washington, D.C., rally to
protest the war in Vietnam. June:
Stokely Carmichael and Willie
Ricks, both of SNCC, use the slo
gan "Black Power." June 6: James
Meredith is shot soon after begin
ning his 220-mile "March Against
Fear" from Memphis, Tennessee,
to Jackson, Mississippi. Ju ly 10:
Dr. King launches a drive to make
Chicago an "open city" in regard to
housing.
1967 January: Dr. King writes his
book "Where Do We Go from
Here?" while in Jamaica, West In
dies. March 12: Alabama is order
ed to desegregate all public schools.
March 25: Dr. King attacks the
government's Vietnam policy in a
speech at the Chicago Coliseum.
April 4: Dr. King makes a statement
about the war in Vietnam at the
Riverside Church in New York City.
Ju ly 12-17: Twenty-three people
die and 725 are injured in the riots in
Neward, New Jersey. Ju ly 23-30:
Forty-three die and 324 are injured
in the Detroit riots. Ju ly 26: Dr
King, A. Philip Randolph, Roy W il
kins, and Whitney Young, Jr. (exe
cutive director of the National Ur
ban League) appeal for an end to
the riots. Novem ber 27: Dr. King
announces the formation by SCLC
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"I've Been to the Mountaintop" at
the Memphis Masonic Temple. A p
ril 4: Dr. King is shot at the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis. He dies in St.
Joseph's Hospital. A pril 4 11: Riots
erupt in 125 cities around the coun
try, including the nation's capital.
A oril 7-9. Dr. King lies in state at
Spelman College in Atlanta, Geor
gia. Mourners file by at the rate of
twelve hundred per hour. A p ril 8:
Coretta King, Yolanda King, Martin
King III, Dexter King, and Ralph
Abernathy lead a memorial march
for Dr. King in Memphis. A p ril 9:
The funeral of Dr. King is held at
the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He is
laid to rest at the South View Ceme
tery.
of a Poor People's Campaign, with
the aim of representing the pro
blems of poor blacks and whites.
•
1968 February 12: Sanitation
workers strike in Memphis, Tennes
see.
March 28: Dr. King leads
six thousand protestors on a march
through downtown Memphis in
support of striking sanitation work
ers.
Disorders break out during
which black youths loot stores.
One person is killed, fifty people are
injured. April 3: Dr. King delivers
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Martin Luther King, Jr., dedicated his life to the crusade for
racial equality. To millions of black Americans, he was the coun
try’s foremost civil rights leader. He urged his people to be proud
of their race. He asked them to stand up for their rights. He led
them in nonviolent demonstrations against the evils of hatred
and segregation. He was a prophet of peace. Dr. King believed
in the basic goodness of man and in the philosophy of nonvio
lence. It was his hope and dream that nonviolent protest action
would create an America where all men might truly be equal.
His efforts brought him worldwide fame, and death at an early
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