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8C MLK/The Charlotte Post Thursday, January 11,1996 A chronology of the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. Continued From 7C • June 23 King and other black leaders meet with President Eisenhower. • September King’s book “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story” is published. 1959 • February Martin and Coretta King spend a month in India, as guests of Prime Minister Nehru, studying Gandhi’s techniques of nonviolence. 1960 • January 24 King becomes co-pastor, with his father, of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. 1962 • September 20 James Meredith, a black, makes an attempt to enroll at the University of Mississippi. He is ulti mately enrolled by Supreme Court order, and is escorted onto the campus by U.S. marshals. • October 16 King meets with President Kennedy in a one hour White House conference. 1963 • April 16 King writes the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while imprisoned for demonstrating against the segregation of eqting facilities in that city. • August 28 King delivers the “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the first large integrated protest march. 1964 • July 2 King attends the signing of the Public Accom modations Bill, part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by President Johnson in the White House. • December 10 King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. 1965 • March 21 Thousands of protestors, protected by federal troops, begin a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Upon arriving at the state capital they hear a speech by King. • August 6 The 1965 Voting Rights Act is signed by President Johnson. 1966 • July 10 King launches a drive to make Chicago an “open city’ in regard to housing. Shortly thereafter, he is stoned while leading a march through crowds of angry whites. To Subscribe To tKJjr Cliarlotte Call (704) 376-0496 WE SHARE THE DREAM of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ^rtcr j^uneral \^erlitce - Since 1930 - “SERVING THE FAMILY WITH DIGNITY AND PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING” 115 N. Cloudman St. 704 Walkup Ave. Charlotte, NC 28216 Monroe, NC 28110 332-7109 283-5423 ...A moment ot silence celebration of the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr January 15, 1996 The Carolinas* Choice For Genuine Chevrolet® CHEVRDLET GeolSUZU 8201 SOUTH BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE ^ S51-6400 SALES; MON-SAT Sam to 9pm • CLOSED SUNDAY SERVICE; MON-FRI 7;30am Ip 6pm Tky cop^aci’ei a lya4 Artrican latitflaU kirtf a.^ Iail-i/-farr(! HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS. ' ' Next it'f THE WTfRMATlOIVAl ALL-TtAW AU. LOWER LfVEL $25, Magic Orel. $15, V.I.P.iJ£X ALL OTHERS $8 Chariotte Cdiseum Sun., Jan. 21,3:00 p.m. QHOUPS20OHMOIIE $3 dtoeouni on $15 and $8 actnts Oroup Into Cal 357-4722 100812 and Undar/SBIinilS 82 dhcounl oR $8 flckala WEnsB's irnt tallKHsU if o*>ly hi« Vbrt iH on tfw WofUaiide Web «t Iwtp f'fmaltrtilibTtiinin taa VISIT ANY PARTICIPATING WENDY’S OR ACCESS TICKETMASTER ONLINE TO REGISTER FOR ‘HALFCOURT HEAVE! USAir 0 Harris Teeter
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