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‘City 0/Roses’
Number 32
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Years
Later
Local leaders
say there’s still
work to do
for civil rights
D onovan M. S mith
T he P ortland O bserver
50 years ago, Dr. Rev. M artin Luther
King Jr. gave a defining speech for him ­
self, the Civil Rights M ovem ent, the
United States o f A m erica and the world.
When he spoke the words ‘I Have A
Dream ’ at the Lincoln Memorial in W ash­
ington, D.C., hundreds o f thousands of
people had gathered for a M arch on
W ashington for Jobs and Freedom. Nine
other speakers o f various backgrounds
spoke before the Aug. 28, 1963 crowd,
but it was K ing’s im passioned words
calling for equality among all people
that m ost rem ember.
Civil rights leaders, including the
Albina M inisterial Alliance, the N A ACP
o f Portland, Urban League o f Portland,
the ACLU o f Portland, am ong others,
have team ed up to com m em orate the 50
year anniversary with a m arch this com ­
ing Saturday in downtown Portland.
Tim ed to coincide with that national
event taking place in the nation’s capi­
tal, both events will focus on issues
such as the recent Supreme C o u rt’s re­
peal o f Section 4 o f the 1964 Voting
Rights Act, and the highly publicized
George Zim m erm an trial o f a Florida
neighborhood watch captain who shot
and killed an unarm ed A frican-A m eri­
can boy and was subsequently acquit­
ted.
“It’s interesting that in 2013 w e’re
dealing with many o f the same issues of
the past,” says Dr. Rev. LeRoy Haynes
Jr., who heads the Albina M inisterial
A lliance’s Coalition for Justjce and Po­
lice Reform. “Jobs, econom ic equity,
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial for his "/ Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom. The Aug. 28,1963 march was organized to support civil rights legislation, and end segregation and job
discrimination. (AP photo)
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