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King
1958
King, along with Roy W ilkins of
the NAACP, A. Philip Randolph,
and Lester Granger, meets with Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower.
King is arrest on a charge of
loitering (later changed to "failure to
obey an officer”) in the vicinity of the
M ontgomery Recorder’s Court. He
is released on $100 bond.
King is convicted after pleading
“not guilty” on the charge of failure
to obey an officer. The fine is paid
almost immediately, over Dr. King s
objection, by Montgomery Police
Com m issioner Clyde C. Sellers.
King' s book Stride Toward Free
dom: The Montgomery Story is pub
lished by Harper & Row.
King is stabbed in the chest by
Mrs. Izola Curry, 42, who is subse
quently alleged to be mentally de-
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The first lunch counter sit-in to
desegregate eating facilities is held
by students in Greensboro, N. C.
A warrant is issued for King’s
arrest on charges that he had falsified
his 1956 and 1958 Alabama state
income tax returns.
The Student Nonviolent Coor
d in a tin g C o m m ittee (S N C C ) is
founded to coordinate student pro
tests at Shaw University, Raleigh,
ranged The stabbing occurs in the
heart of Harlem while Dr. King is
autographing his recently published
book. His condition is said to be
serious but not critical.
1959
King meets with Walter Reuther,
president of the Untied Auto W ork
ers union in Detroit.
Dr. and Mrs. King spend a month
in India studying Gandhi’s techniques
o f nonviolence, as guests of Prime
M inister Nehru.
N.C.
1960
The King family moves to At
lanta., King becomes copastor, with
his father, of the Ebenezer Baptist
Church.
Martin Luther King Jr. prays in jail.
King is acquitted of the tax eva
sion charge by an all-white jury in
Montgomery.
King and A. Philip Randolph
announce plans for picketing both
the Republican and Democratic na
tional conventions.
King has a conference with John
F. Kennedy, candidate for president
of the United States, about racial
matters.
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Each and every one of us must do our part. And McDonald's
joins the community in dedicating ourselves to keeping
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream alive As we celebrate his
birthday, we recognize the fact that the man who leaves the
world a better place,
never leaves.
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King is arrested at an Atlanta
sit-in and is jailed on a charge of
violating the state’s trespass law.
The Atlantacharges are dropped.
AU jailed demonstrators are released
except for Dr. King, who is ordered
held on a charge of violating a pro
bated sentence in a traffic arrest case.
He is transferred to the D eK alb
County Jail in Decatur, Ga and is
then transferred to the Reidsville State
Prison. He is released from the
Reidsville State Prison on a $2,000
bond.
1961
A third child, Dexter Scott, is
born to Dr. and Mrs. King in Atlanta.
The first group of Freedom Rid
ers, intent on integrating interstate
buses, leaves W ashington, D.C., by
Greyhound bus. The group, orga
nized by the Congress for Racial
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