PORTLAND, Ore. — TriMet is honoring civil rights activist Rosa
Parks on Friday, February 4 on what would have been her 109th
birthday.
Officials said no fares will be collected for bus, MAX, WES or LIFT.
Portland Streetcar and C-TRAN will also provide free rides as an
annual tribute to Rosa Parks.
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
(February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)
On January 19, 1809, poet, author and literary critic Edgar
Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
By the time he was three years old, both of Poe’s parents had
died, leaving him in the care of his godfather, John Allan, a
wealthy tobacco merchant. After attending school in England,
Poe entered the University of Virginia (UVA) in 1826. After
fighting with Allan over his heavy gambling debts, he was
forced to leave UVA after only eight months. Poe then served
two years in the U.S. Army and won an appointment to West
Point. After another falling-out, Allan cut him off completely
and he got himself dismissed from the academy for rules
infractions.
Poe had published three works of poetry by that time, none
of which had received much attention.
Betty Marion White Ludden
(January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021)
ED DANAHUE
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the
“manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes,” was ratified by the requisite number
of states on January 16, 1919.
The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early
19th century, when Americans concerned about the adverse
effects of drinking began forming temperance societies. By the
late 19th century, these groups had become a powerful political
force,
Martin Luther King Jr.
(born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta,
Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate
degree in theology and in 1955 helped organize the first major
protest of the African American civil rights movement: the
successful Montgomery Bus Boycott.
