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2012 s p e c ia l echi ion
MLK JR. TIMELINE
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believed in
a dream.
1960
• Becomes co-pastor with his father at the Ebene^er
Baptist Church in Atlanta.
• Eunch counter sit-ins began in Greensboro, N. C. In
Atlanta, King is arrested during a sit-in waiting to be
served at a restaurant. He is sentenced to fou r months in
jail, but after intervention by John Kennedy and Robert
Kennedy, he is released.
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R egistration fo r S pring Term 2012 begins on February 21.
C lasses begin A p ril 2.
• Student Non-Uiolent Coordinating Committee founded
to coordinate protests at Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.
To learn more, call 971 -722-8888 o r logon to w w w .pcc.edu
or visit us at 705 N. KiMingsworth Street.
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1961
• In November, the Interstate Commerce Commission
bans segregation in interstate travel due to work o f
Martin Euther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders.
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your future
• Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) began first
Freedom Ride through the South, in a Greyhound bus,
after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in
interstate transportation.
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