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Januaiy 15, 2014 Ì © M a r t in L u t h e r K in g J r . Page 19 2014 s p e d a i ed itio n 1959 • Visited India to study Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy o f nonviolence. • Resigns from pastoring the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to concentrate on civil rights full time. He moved to Atlanta to direct the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor_ politic, nor popular: but one must take it because it is right. * — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. » by John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, he is released. • Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee founded to coordinate protests at Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C. 1961 • In November, the Interstate Commerce Com mission bans segregation in interstate travel due to work of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Freedom Riders. • Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) began first Freedom Ride Ride thrniioh Slnnth in ¡ tv a ir Greyhound ’.rpx-hnnnj Freedom through the the South, bus, after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in interstate transportation. 1960 • Becomes co-pastor with his father at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. • Lunch 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 sen tenced to four months in jail, but after intervention 1962 • During the unsuccessful Albany, Ga. movement, King is arrested on July 27 and jailed. C h a s e & Weil, LLP 1963 • On Good Friday, April 12, King is arrested with Ralph Abernathy by Police Commis sioner Eugene "BulTConnor fordemonstrat- ing without a permit. • On April 13, the Birmingham campaign is launched. This would prove to be the turning point in the war to end segregation in the South. • During the 11 days he spent in jail, M LK writes his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” • On May 10, the Birmingham agreement is announced. The stores, restaurants, and schools will be desegregated, hiring of blacks implemented, and charges dropped. • On June 23, M LK leads 125,000 people on a Freedom Walk in Detroit. continued on page 20 CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING Salutes Martin Luther King, Jr. G era ld M. C h a s e R ic h a rd L. Weil A tto rn e y s at L aw 621 SW A lder St., S u ite 6 0 0 P o rtla n d O re g o n 9 7 2 0 5 -3 6 2 1 P h o n e 5 0 3 - 2 9 4 - 1 4 1 4 » Fax: 5 0 3 -2 9 4 -1 4 5 5 • « » • « I * • « I EASTS I DE 31 SSL BURNSIDE 503-231-8926 www.musicniilleniiini.com
