Martin Luther King Jr. challenged Oregonians 60 years ago to find a way to live together -- ‘or perish as fools’
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
Mourners attend a memorial service in 1968 for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church. King had visited the church during a 1961 visit to Portland. (The Oregonian)Oregonian
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Martin Luther King Jr. had a powerful message to deliver when he visited Portland in 1961, one that continues to resonate 60 years later as the country experiences a surge in racist rhetoric and violence.
“We must learn to live together as brothers,” he told the crowd at downtown’s Civic Auditorium. “Or perish as fools.”