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1958
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A. Philip Randolph. and I « « r Granger.
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King is arrest on a charge oHollering (later
changed to ’ 'failure to obey an officer") m
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convicted afterpleading"notguilty"on the
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nussionerClydeC Sellers.
King’s book Stride Toward Freedom
The Montgomery Story is published by
Harper & Row. King is stabbed in the chest
King meets with Walter Reuther, presi
dent of the United Auto Woikers Union m
Detroit Dr and Mis. King spend a month
in India studying Gandhi's techniques o f
nonviolence, as guests o f Prime Minister
by Mrs. Laola Cuny, 42. who is subse
quently alleged to be mentally deranged.
rhe stabbing cocurs in the heart ot
Harlem while Dr. King is autographing his
recently published book His condition is
said to be senous but not critical.
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1960
Hie King family moves to Atlanta.
King becomes copastor, with his tather.of
the Ebenezer Baptist Church. The first
lunch counter sit-in to desegregate eating
facilities is heldby students inGreensboiu,
N.C. A warrant ts issued lor King’s arrest
on charges that he had falsified his 1956
and 1958 Alabama State income tax re
turns. The Student Nonviolent Coordi
nating Committee (SNCC) is founded to
coordinate student protests at Shaw Uni-
versity, Raleigh, N.C.
King is acquitted o f the tax evasion
charge by an all-white jury in Monlgom-
oy
KingandA. Philip Randolphannounce
plans for picketing both the Republican
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and Democratic national conventions
King has a conference with John F.
Kennedy, candidate tor president o f the
United States, about racial matters.
King is arrested at an Atlanta sit-in and
is jailed on a charge of violating the state’s
is then transferred to the Reidsville State
Prison. He is released troni the Reidsville
State Prison on a $2,000 bond
trespass law.
Hie Atlanta charges are dropped.
All jailed demonstrators are released
except for Dr. King, who isoidercdheklon
a charge o f violating a probated sentence
in a traffic arrest case. He is transferred to
the DeKafoCounty Jail lnliecatnr.Ga. and
Athndchild, Dexter Scott, is bom to Dr
and Mrs King in Atlanta.
The first group o f Freedom Riders,
intent on integrating interstate buses,
leaves Washington, D.C., by Greyhound
bus. The group, was organized by the
Congress tor Racial Equality.
1961
King Joins In Other Causes, Vietnam War Protest
Equality (CORE), leaves shortly af
ter the Suprem e C ourt has outlaw ed
segregation in interstate transporta
tion term inals The bus is burned
outside o f A nniston. A labam a, on
May 14. A mob beats the Riders
upon their arrival in Birm ingham .
The Riders are arrested in Jackson,
M ississippi, and spend forty to sixty
days in Parchman Penitentiary.
1962
King is tried an convicted for
leading the Decem ber march in A l
bany.
King is invited to join the B ir
mingham protest.
King is arrested at an Albany
city hall prayer vigil and jailed on
charges of failure to obey a police
officer, obstructing the sidew alk and
disorderly conduct.
James M eredith makes his first
attem pt to enroll at the University ot
M ississippi. He is actually enrolled
by Supreme Court order and is es
corted onto the Oxford. M ississippi,
campus by U.S. m arshals on O ctober
1, 1962.
King meets with President John
F. Kennedy at the W hite House for a
one-hour conference.
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The K ings’ fourth child Bernice
Albertine, is bom .
Sit-in dem onstrations are held
in Birm ingham to protest segrega
tion of eating facilities. Dr. King is
arrested during a dem onstration.
g ratio n o f the University of Alabama
by “standing in the schoolhouse door"
and personally refusing entrance to
black students and Justice D epart
ment officials. President
John F. Kennedy then federal
izes the Alabama N ational Guard,
and G overnor W allace remov es him
self from blocking the entrance of the
King and Rev. Ralph A bernathy
visits W est Berlin at the invitation of
congress in tw o days and uses the
slogan of civil rights movement, "We
M ayor W illy Brandt.
King has an audience with Pope
Paul VI at the Vatican.
King receives the N obel Peace
Prize in O slo, Norway.
Shall O vercom e."
Black and w hite dem onstrators
are beaten by sheriff’s deputies and
police on horseback in M ontgom ery.
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C ouncil of Federated O rganiza
tion (C O FO ) initiates the M ississippi
Sum m er Project, a voter-registration
drive organized and run by black and
An antiw ar statem ent by Dr.
King is read at a large W ashington
rally to protest the w ar in Vietnam.
Dr. King agrees to serve as cochair
man of Clergy and Laym en C on
white students.
King joins other SCLC workers
in dem onstrations for the integration
of public accom m odations in St.
Augustine, Fla. He is jailed.
T hree civil rights w orkers -
Jam es Chaney (black) and Andrew
G oodm an and M ichael Schwcrner
(white) - are reported missing after a
short trip to Philadelphia. M ississippi.
King attends a signing of the
Public A ccom m odations Bill, part ot
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. by
President Lyndon B Johnson in the
W hite House.
"The ultimate o f a man is not where he stands in moments o f comfort and
convenience but where he stands at the time o f challenge and controversy .
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King makes a tour o f A labam a
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The Alabama prim ary is held,
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Best Wishes
from Senator
Ron Wyden
1966
King rents an apartm ent in the
black ghetto of Chicago.
K in g m e e ts w ith E lija h
M uham m ad, leader o f the Black
M uslim s, in Chicago.
King takes over a C hicago slum
building and is sued by its owner.
The Supreme Court of the United
State rules any poll tax unconstitu
N egro students.
The M arch on W ashington, the
first large integrated protest march,
is held in W ashington, D C. Dr. King
delivers his "1 Have a Dream speech
on the steps o f the Lincoln M emo
rial, and afterw ard he and other civil
rights leaders meet with President
JohnF . Kennedy in the W hite House.
President Kennedy is assassi
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The 1965
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signed by President Johnson.
In W atts, the black ghetto o f Los
A ngeles, riots leave thirty-five dead,
o f whom tw enty-eight are black.
cerned about Vietnam.
James M eredith is shot soon af
ter beginning his 220-m ile "M arch
A gainst Fear" from M em phis, Tenn.,
to Jackson, Miss.
King launches a drive to make
C hicago an “open city" in regard to
housing.
King is stoned in C hicago as he
leads a march through crow ds of
angry whiles in G age Park section of
C hicago’s southw est side.
One black studi
student is killed in
rioting on the cam pus o f all-Negro
Jackson State College, Jackson, Miss.
The Justice D epartm ent reports
that more than 50 percent of all eli
gible black voters are registered in
M ississippi, Ga., A labama, Louisi
ana, and South Carolina.
Tw enty-three people die, 725
are injured in riots in Newark, N.J.
Forty-three die, 324 are injured
in the D etroit riots, the worst of the
century.
B lack leaders M artin Luther
King Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Roy
W ilkins, and W hitney Young appeal
for an end to the riots, "w hich have
proved ineffective an dam aging to
the civil rights cause and the entire
nation.”
1968
S an itatio n w o rk ers strike in
M em phis, Tenn.
King leads six thousand protest
ers on a march through downtown
M em phis in support o f striking sani
tation workers. D isorders break out
during which black youths loot stores.
One 16-year-old is killed, 50 people
are injured.
K ing’s last speech, entitled “I’ve
Been to the M ountain Top,” is deliv
e re d at th e M e m p h is M a so n ic
Tem ple.
King is assassinated by a sniper
as he stands talking on the balcony of
his second-floor room at the Lorraine
M otel in M emphis. He dies in St.
Jo sep h 's Hospital from a gunshot
wound in the neck. James Earl Ray is
later captured and convicted of the
Statement by Representative
Deborah Kafoury on Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Day
Today I extend my heartfelt
appreciation to the wonderful
people o f North and Northeast
Portland community fo r the
mandate you have given me to
serve and represent you in
Salem. Your courageous vote
last November stands as a
monument to progress and
fearless faith. Our victory was
a direct fulfillm ent o f Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. s
dream o f a community where
“all God s children black and
white ” could live in harmony.
Over the next two years, I am
going to work hard to ensure
that the civil rights gains that
Dr. King fought fo r are not
eroded by the poisonous politics
o f division and hatred that
prevail in our country. I will
fig h t hard to ensure that the
rights o f minorities and women are not trampled, violated and diminished
through code words and institutional racism. I will challenge other lawmakers -
not only in words but also in deeds - to help us move our community forward
into a new century born in the ideals o f Dr. King. I will fig h t fo r economic
justice, better health care, jobs, education, affordable housing, equality and
criminal justice.
“ Let us rise up tonight with a
greater readiness. Let us stand
with a greater determination.
And let us move on in these
powerful days, these days of
challenge, to make America a better nation...
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Paid for by Wyden Senate.
I urge you to support me in this struggle by sending me your comments and
concerns. You can reach me or my legislative assistant Promise King by calling
us in Portland at 281-3960 or at your districts office in Salem (503) 986-1914.
We must not allow stagnant passivity to derail our dream o f building a better
community. I leave you with a quote from Dr. King about the path that I choose
to follow “Never succumb to the temptation o f becoming bitter. As you press on
I fo r justice be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon o f
love and non-violence. ”
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