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Portland Observer - Martin Luther King, Jr. Special Edition - Page 13
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Dr, King was born on January 15, 1929,
in Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained a
Baptist Minister in 1948. In September,
1948, King entered Crozer Theological
Seminary where he explored Mohandas K.
G handi’s ideas for instituting social change
through non-violent protests.
In 1955 and 1956, King organized a year­
long non-violent bus boycott to protest
enforced racial segregation in public trans­
portation. The boycott ended with a m an­
date from the Supreme Court outlawing all
segregated public transportation in the city.
This non-violent victory brought King to
the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement
and led to the massive 1963 Civil Rights
Campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, and
to King’s receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1964.
,• “I have the audacity to believe that
people everywhere can have three meals a
day for their bodies, education and culture
for their minds, and dignity, equality and
freedom for their spirits. I believe that
whatever self-centered men have torn down,
other-centered men can build-up. I still
believe that one day mankind will bow
before the altars of God and be crowned
trium phant over war and bloodshed, and
non-violent redemptive goodwill will pro­
claim the rule of the land. ‘And the lion
and the lamb shall lie down together and
every man shall sit under his own vine and
fig tree and none shall be afraid.’ I still
believe that we shall overcome.” Dr. Martin
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