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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.