Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial March, 1968. More than 1200 OSU students and faculty and Corvallis citizens marched in memory and honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., several days after his assassination in April 1968. The procession extended from the Memorial Union quadrangle to the Benton County Courthouse. All OSU classes were dismissed from 10 am to noon and all OSU offices (including the Library) were closed during the march. A solemn ceremony on the steps of the Benton County Courthouse included speeches by OSU President James Jensen and OSU faculty and students. [OSU Archives P120:5013a]