Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2021
Special
Edition
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Volume XLVV • Number 1
‘City
of
Roses’
www.portlandobserver.com
Wednesday • January 13, 2021
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Stepping
Up and
Standing Up
New NAACP
president
learned about
civil rights
early
See page 9, inside
Stop the
Violence
Incoming
commissioner
says King’s
message more
important
than ever
Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the March for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. on Aug.
28, 1963. See our special coverage, inside, as we honor America’s foremost civil rights leader and
celebrate the anniversary of his birthday and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday.
See page 4, inside
Advancing
Justice from
Albina
Meyer Memorial
Trust leader
on MLK, new
headquarters
See page 3, inside
Keep Focus on
Racial Equity
Rep. Janelle
Bynum on what’s
needed to fulfill
Dr. King’s legacy
See page 6, inside
Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights move-
ment from the early 1950s until his assassination in 1968. A Baptist minister from Atlanta, he was
best known for advancing justice issues through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his
Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of India’s Mahatma Gandhi.