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King s sfond by crowd of |
angry whites in Chicago in
1966.
Federal troops protect thousands of
protesters on their march from
Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. At
the state capital, King delivers a
speech to an estimated crowd of over
28,000. ;
August 6
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs
the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
1966
July 10
King starts a drive to make Chicago
an “open city” in regard to housing.
He is stoned during a march he leads
through crowds of angry whites.
1967 |
King’s fifth book, Where Do We Go
From Here: Chaos or Community?,
were his reflections on the problems
«of his then current world. (Harper &
i Row Publishers).
;July 26 :
tKing and other black leaders plead
rfor an end to violence after riots in
;?lewark and Detroit.
ENovember 27
*King declares the formation of a Poor
*People’s Campaign by the SCLC to
+help both poor blacks and whites.
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King leads a march of thousands of
lemonstrators through downtown
femphis in support of striking sani
ißation workers.
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Aprls |
iKing delivers his “I've Been to the
ountain Top” speech, his last
fieech, at the Memphis Masonic
Temple. .
April 4
King was assassinated by James Earl
Ray outside his hotel room at the
Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn.
His death touches off riots all across
the nation.
April 7
President Lyndon B. Johnson issued
a presidential proclamation making
this day a national day of mourning
for Dr. King.
April 8
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) sub
mits the first legislatién proposing
King’s birthday as a holiday.
April 9
King’s funeral services were held.
King’s sixth and last book was pub
lished posthumously. The Trumpet of
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King nrvouie. Montgomery
to serve a short sentence for a
conviction dating back to
Birmingham. He is armed with
books, one of which is the.
Bible.
Conscience was on the Massey Lec
tures. (Harper & Row Publishers).
1970 ’
March 25
After the presentation of a petition
with six million signatures to Con
gress, Conyers and Rep. Shirley
Chisolm (D-N.Y.) announces hearings
to study the King holiday issue.
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Dr. King addresses some 125,000
marchers during an anti-war march at
the United Nations Headquarters in
New York City in 1967.
April 10 :
California becomes the first state to
make Dr. King’s birthday a school
holiday.
July
Rep. George Fleming begins hearings
to make King’s hirthday a legal holi
day in Washington state.
1983
August 2
House of Representatives approves
legislation for national King holiday
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King’s aides comfort the leader
moments after he was shot at
the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
Tenn. Photo by Charles Johnson
as the third Monday of every
January beginning in 1986.
Vote passes 338-90.
October 19
Senate approves measure 78-
22, despite efforts by Sen.
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) to side
track legislation.
November 2
Legislation for national King
holiday signed by President
Ronald Reagan.
1986
January 18
King’s birthday is estab
lished as a national holiday
following the Congressional
passage of Public Law 98-
144. President Ronald Rea
gan designates the celebra
tion of the day every third
Monday of each January.
1994
King holiday becomes pro
moted as a “Day of Ser-
vice” with the theme “a
day ON, not a day off.” This day
promotes service in honor of
King’s life and work by suggest
ing people do work in their own
communities. As recognition,
Congress passed the “King Holi
day and Service Act.”
1999 -
New Hampshire becomes the last
state in the union to officially
adopt honoring the MLK holiday.
AUGUSTA TIMELINE
In Augusta, Georgia, Dr. King
was finally recognized with local
observance of his holiday, as well
as commemoration with a stretch
of road.
1986 ;
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
first celebrated on Monday, Janu
ary 20. Historian J. Philip War
ing’s column “Going Places” in
the Jan. 16 issue of Augusta
Focus encouraged people to turn
on their automobile lights as they
While established as a national
holiday following the Congres
sional passage of Public Law 98-
[ANUARY 16, 2003
144, it was only permitted to be taken
as a holiday in Augusta city work
places in exchange for another holi
day given up in the same calendar
year. Later in 1986 it was voted on to
be observed as a dedicated holiday,
beginning in 1987.
1988
Ricky Johnson, member of the
Augusta branch NAACPE sparked an
effort in January to name a major
street in Augusta after Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
1989
Augusta commissioners finally voted
on April 25 to rename part of
Milledgeville Road to Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. A compromise was
reached about the length to be
renamed. Objections to any naume
change had been made by local busi
nessmen who did not want to change
addresses, by the United Daughters
of the Confederacy and by the Ku
Klux Klan who submitted a petition
with 1,800 signatures.
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Singer James Brown, left, walks
with his agent Rev. Al Sharpton
from the White House in Washing
ton, D.C. on Jan. 15, 1982. They
met with President Reagan to
advocate for making Martin Luther
King's birthday a national holiday.
(AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)
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