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Page 4 The Portland Observer Black History Month February 18, 2015 Empowering the Dream PHOTO BY J ORGETTA H ARRIS /C HASE N’ F ACES P HOTOGRAPHY Bernice A. King, the daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a religious leader in her own right, addresses the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon for its annual Empower the Dream scholarship benefit. Her appearance filled every pew in the north Portland church, leaving standing room only, and followed the footsteps of her beloved father who visited the historic African-American congregation in 1961.