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P age C 19 T he P ortland O bserver • J anuary 11, 1995 A Great Leader Is Born In Atlanta 1929 Jan. 15 Martin Luther King Jr., is bom to Rev. and Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. (the former Alberta Christine Williams), in Atlanta, Ga. racial segregation on city bus lines is unconstitutional. Dr. King is a speaker before the platform committee of the Demo cratic Party in Chicago. Mayor Gayle o f Montgomery instructs the city’s legal department “to file such proceedings as it may deem proper to stop the operation of car pools and transportation systems growing out of the boycott. The U nited States Suprem e Court affirms the decision of the three-judge district court in declar ing unconstitional A labama’s state and local laws requiring segregation on buses. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on buses are served on ciy and bus company officials in M ontgomery. Injuctions are also served on stte officials. segregation in public schools is un constitutional. King is installed by Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., as the 20th pastor of the Dexter Avenue Church, Mont gomery. 1935-1944 King attends David T. Howard Elementary School, Atlanta Univer sity Laboratory School, and Booker T. W ashington High School. He passes the entrance examination to Morehouse College (Atlanta) with out graduating from high school. 1947 King is licensed to preach and become assistant to his father, who is pastor o f the E benezer B aptist Church, Atlanta. 1955 King receives a Ph D. degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University. The Kings’ first child, Yolanda Denise, is born in Montgomery. M rs. R osa P arks, a 42-tw o- y e a r-o ld M o n to g o m e ry se a m stress, refu ses to re lin q u ish her bus seat to w hite m an and is a r rested . T he first day o f the bus b o y co tt. T he trial for M rs. Prks. A m eetin g o f m o vem ent leaders is held. D r. K ing is u n anim ously e le c te d p re sid e n t o f an o rg a n iz a tion nam ed the M ontgom ery Im p ro v e m e n t A sso c itio n , a nam e p ro p o s e d by R e v e re n d R alph King waits for an ambulance moments after a deranged woman stabbed him with a letter opener at a New York store in Sept. 1958. He later referred to this incident in his speeches whenever he was preoccupied with death. 1948 A bernathy. The Montgomery Bus Co. sus pends service in black neighbor hoods. King is ordained to the Baptist m in istry . He g ra d u a te s from Morehouse College with a B.A. de gree in sociology. King enters Crozer Theological Sem inary, Chester, Pennsyvania. After hearing Dr. A.J. Muste and Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson preach on the life and teachings of Mahatma Ganhi, he begins to study Gandhi seriously. 1956 1951 King graduates from Crozer with a B.D. degree. 1953 King marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Ala. 1954 The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously in Brown vs. Board of Education that racial King and his wife, Coretta, meet with reporters on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse before his trail in March 1956 for violating a state law forbidding boycotts. INNOVATIVE PROGRESSIVE VALUE DRIVEN If you are seeking a career opportunity with an orga nization that offers challenge and opportunity, con sider Southwest Washington Medical Center. Lo cated in Vancouver, W ashington, just minutes from most points in the Portland M etropolitan areas, we are a growing dynamic acute care medical facility. We are seeking individuals who are highly guest service oriented, creative, and team players in a vari ety of areas and specialties. 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Dr. King is indicted with other figures in the Montgomery bus boy cott on the charge of being party to a conspiracy to hinder and prevent the operation of business without “just or legal cause.” A U. S. district court rules that Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance ultimately served as the model for King’s pacifist approach to social change. M ontgom ery buses are inte grated. 1957 An unexploded bomb is discovered on the front porch of the Kings' house. The Southern Christian Leader ship Conference (SCLC) is founded. Dr. King is elected its president. Time magazine puts Dr. King on its cover. Dr. King delivers a speech for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom celebrating the thrid anniversary of the Supreme C ourt’s desegregation decision. The speech, entitled "Give Us the Ballot,” is given at the Lincoln Memmorial, W ashington, D.C. Dr. King has a conference with the vice-president of the U nited States, Richard M. Nixon. President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalizes the Arkansas Naional Guard to escord nine Negro Students to an all- white high school in Little Rock. Ark. The first civil rights act since Reconstruction is passed by Con gress, creating the Civil Rights Com mission and the civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. A s e c o n d c h i l d , M a r tin L u th e r III, is born to D r. and M rs. K ing. W e B elieve I n I t ... T he D ream Portland Cable Access IV 2766 N.E. Martin Lutber King, Jr. Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97212 6 6 Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force, so beautifully exemplified in the life of our Christ, is the most potent instrument available in mankind’s quest for peace and security. ’ ’ - Martin Luther King Jr.
