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The fine dilemmas of Black leaders"
By EARL OFARI
HUTCHINSON
__ (NNPA)
Nearly a half-century ago,
white, Southern-orn writer
Robert Penn Warren asked,
oWho speaks for the Negro? ?
The question was, and will
always be, silly and presumptu-
438. No one asks who speaks for
ites, Latinos or Asians. No
one tndividual or organization |
can speak for an entire group.
The notion of a common leader-
ship for Blacks feeds more than |
an ageless myth. It exposes |
major dilemmas confronting
Black leaders.
. This presents the first major
dilemma fay Black leaders:
~ The latent class division has
burst. into gasping fissures
between two Black Americas.
One is poor, desperate and
angry, while the other is pros-
perous, comfortable and com-
placent. Facing this crisis, many
mainstream Black leaders have
backpedaled. The NAACP,
Urban League and SCLC have
replaced the nickels and dimes
it received in support from
Blacks for decades with corpo-
rate and foundation dollars. And
they have tailored their pro-
grams to accelerate opportuni-
ties for business persons and
upward mobile professionals.
The chase continues for SBA |
loans, scholarships and grants
to pricey universities, corporate
managerial positions and sub- |
urban homes. Unfortunately,
the Black poor are nowhere to
be found in that chase.
This presents the second
major dilemma for Black lead-
ers: How to win political conces-
sions from Democratic Party
(or, if possible, the Republican
Party) and for what and for
whom should they win them?
The sad truth is that Blacks
have narrowed their political
options down to essentially one:
the Democratic Party. The
result is many Black leaders
have cradled even more cozily
into the Democratic Party and
pared their demands down to
more party appointments and
political offices. Some have
become even more mainstream
and less responsive to the need-
iest and. most dispossessed in
Black communities. These indi-
viduals get less rather than
_ more political representation.
' relentlessly battered
UNIVERSITY
This leads to the third major
dilemma for many Black lead-
ers: the challenge from Black
conservatives. About one-third
of Blacks publicly call them-
selves conservative, and many °
more privately agree with some,
most or all of what conserva-
tives have to say. They also
know that the old-line civil
rights leadership has been
and
bruised during the T80s and T90s
by conservative politicians and
for failing to mobilize the Black
poor around the crisis problems
of quality education, health-
care, declining public services,
police abuse, crime and drug
destruction. These leaders have
felt the criticism and wrath of
many Blacks, who are mortally
a
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The Steering Committe...of York Memorial AME Zion Church |.
ather here to welcome all their friends at the 13th Annual
Conference which convened at York. (L-R) Les Cox, Yvonne
George, Bishop George Battle, Barbara Fenner, and D.D.
Garrett.
GLORY, LAUD & HONOR...Praise to whom praise is
due...The Annual Honorarium Banquet -- S
aptist Church -- recog-
te to church leaders and commu-
nity leaders for their continued outsanding dedicated
the Mt. Calv
nizes and pays tri
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sored
service. (Staff Photo: Jim Rouse)
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disillusioned. with two-party
politics and convinced that they
have not, and cannot, deliver
the goods. .
This presents the fourth
major dilemma for Black lead-
ers: the anointing of the chosen
leader. Many leaders have
knowingly played along, for
personal ego strokes and mater-
ial gain, with the media game of
perpetuating the fraud of the
omonolithic Black community. ?
The media shoves a ochosen
Black spokesperson ? into the
spotlight and pretends that
issues not sanctioned by the
ochosen one ? are not issues. It is
then free to ignore any and all
local leaders, actions, agendas
and causes it does not like.
When Blacks reduce leadership
to star and celebrity gazing,
they pay a dear price.
Now, the fifth major dilem-
ma for Black leaders: young
Blacks.
Many young Blacks are con-
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temptuous of the hypocrisy and
corruption of many Black politi-
/ Clans and organizations. They
see some of them wrapped in
scandals and seemingly end-
lessly grasping for sex, cash and
other creature comforts: Some
young Blacks react by drifting "
into social withdrawal. Others
become true menaces to gociety
and prey on their own commu-
nities. Many mainstream Black
leaders have no answers
their plight. :
The economic, social, politi-
cal and generation schisms
many African-
Americans are broad.
Mainstream Black leaders,
ogangsta ? rappers, hip-hop
icons and Black conservatives
are in an intense hunt to find
workable programs and strate-
gies to dea! with the crippling
internal crisis of Blacks, young
and old, rich and poor. Whoever
can find them, still will not or
cannot answer the question,
oWho speaks for the Negro? ?
Earl Ofari Hutchinson ie the
author of oThe Crisis in Black
and Black. ? ,
100 years of age shown above Mr. wooten who celebrated his 100
year birthday last week shown with brother , daughter and other
relations and Mr. John Fraizzell who fought fires for Black folks
" _ "
Right Step Academy Faculty and members pause to share a pleasant
moment with our roving camera. Got a few spare moments you can
share with a young brother or sister...Give Mr. William Pearce a call.
Volunteer and mentors are always welcome. (Photo Jim Rouse)
reenville City Council woman , shown at fourm with Black pro-
ducer of public television Black Forum issues discuss diverse com-
munities in Eastern North Carolina photos by Jim Rouse
Hill's First
sesRev, James Trip
and his family
Wala wendorhd Vee all and extend a cordial welcome to
come and shin with the Holly Hill Free will Baptist Church.
(Photo Jim Rou
Feat
Remembering [shown The late Mr. Garrett
IA teen " " " "
along with Seargent Chapman with Community Christian Church
Pastor James Corbet Hats off to our fathers for opening the doors
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Celebration of .
Martin Luther King,}t
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Sponsored by
The Cty of Greenville
The Southern Christian Leadenhipp Conference (SLO
The Greenville - Pt County Chamber of Commerc
The Greenville Human Relations Cound
The Blau nsters Alliance
East Carolina Liniversitys ALN Committee
East Carolina Unniverstys Thesoians of Diversty
People Act Putting Community hac in Theater
Sunday, January 17, 1999
6:00 p.m.
Memorial Service at the York
Memorial AMZ Zion Church, 201
Tyson Street. Rev. joseph George
will be the keynote speaker.
Monday. January 18, 1999
7:30-9:30 a.m.
Community Ui
Breakfast
will be held at Rose High School
Auditorium.
10:00 a.m.
Dedication Ceremony held at
the Thomas Foreman Park on the
coner of 5th Street and Memorial
Drive.
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Interdenominational Service
held at Cornerstone Baptist Church,
1095 Allen Rd.
1:00-2:00 p.m. Youth
Program held at AME
Zion Church, 201 Tyson Street.
2:00-3:00 p.m.
o| Have Seen the Mountaintop, ? a
play about Martin Luther Ki
yerformed by
Wt
Act at Hendrix
heater, Mendenhall, East Carolina
University.
4:00 p.m.
Poorman's Feast held at York
Memorial AME Zion Church, 201
Tyson Street.
6:00 p.m,
Candlelight
Belk Residence Hall, East Carolina
University,
7:00 p.m.
Vigil begininning at
Evening Celebration. An evening
of music, awards, and speakers will
be held at Mendenhall, East
Carolina University,
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Richard L. Trumka, se
a Scott King.
eretary-treasurer of the AFL-C
honor. It is celebrated in over 100
countries around the world.
The theme for this years event is:
Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day
On, Not A Day Off!
It reiterates the importance of
remembering Dr. King's work and
legacy, celebrating his birthday as a
national holiday and acting on his
teachings and principles of nonvio-
lence and human rights. It also
serves aS a reminder that the
holiday is a day on which commu-
nity service initiatives should take
place, not just a day off from work
or school.
- Some of the events scheduled to
take place on his birthday will be a
special screening of, Our Friend,
Martin, scheduled to be shown in
the eveing January 15th at 7:30
travel back in time and meet
Martin Luther King, Jr. at various
points in his life. The first and only
animated movie of its kind, Our
Friend, Martin combines the color-
ful animation with actual footage of
Dr. King's life, and features an
all-star cast of vocal talent includ-
ing Ed Asner, Angela Bassett,
Lucas Black, Theodore Borders,
Levar Burton, Jessica Garcia,
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg,
Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl
Jones, Ashley Judd, Richard Kind,
Dexter Scott King, Yolanda King,
Zachary Leigh, Robert Rich'ard,
Susan Sarandon, John Travolta,
Jaleel White and Oprah Winfrey.
If The Our Friend, Martin
Premiere is by invitation only. For
Information
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Enter to Worship--Depart to Serve---Holding on tight to his
Bible, Brother Cleveland Graham (L) is seen here with his paster,
Superintendent Austin Parker (R), as they enter Wells Chapel
Chruch of God in Christ. (Photo: Jim Rouse)
Service Looe on Jan 18th.
This service has been the
of the official King Holi
Observance. It is then when
of the nation and the world are
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The keynote speaker was the
likewise illustrious Desmond Mpilo
Tutu, ae Emeritus of
Town, South Africa and
1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Tutu is currently the Robert W.
Woodruff Visiting Professor of
Theology at Emory University
Unlike some of the scheduled
events, should you be in Atlanta at
that time, the Commemorative
Service will be open to the public.
However seating is limited. but the
service will be broadcasted by
Atlanta's channel 5 WAGA-TV.
The King Center was originally
Artist anil divil-yights activists
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AA andP pat, Georgy. Pacific
Gomporation. wtb a) | ;
nd the National Edncation ABsoci-
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Ce rer Baptist Chueh
at zer urc
in Atlanta.
There is also a Commemorative
encouraged to honor the work of
Founder, Coretta Scott King.
Richard Lubrant
FREEDOM HALL
COMPLEX
Designed as a living memorial to
Dr. King Ts life and vision, The
King nter's Freedom Hall
Sr oar draws aah art four
on e a year from all over
he wal Visitors ae come to the
i ter omage to Dr.
King, view nique exhibits of his
personal memorabilia, conduct re-
search in The King Library and
Archives and Cipate in diverse
programs. Visitors include heads of
state, public figures, school chil-
dren, religious groups and interna-
tional tourists from all walks of life.
VISITING THE KING
CENTER
The King Center is the hub of a
unique, 23-acre National Historic
Site and Preservation District in
downtown Atlanta. The
Historic Site encom: s the com-
fortable Victorian dwelling where
King |
where Dr. King now rests, and the
many homes and shops of "Sweet
Auburn," one of America Ts oldest
and most vital black cultural and
business districts.
SPECIAL SITES
* Dr. King Ts Crypt * The Eternal
Flame * The Gift Shop * Dr.
King Ts Birth Home * Ebenezer
Baptist Church * Freedom
Walkway * Freedom Plaza * The
Reflecting Pool *
"A RESPONSIBILITY TO HISTORY"
teachings. The. King Library and
Archives houses and preserves
more than two million documents,
including Dr. King Ts personal pa-
pers and material related to the
American Civil Rights Movement.
The King Papers Project is a
14-volume scholarly collection of
Dr. King Ts speeches, sermons and
writings. Three volumes have al-
ready published.
On the Martin Luther King, Jr.
holiday.....Fly your flag.
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PREFAC
BMCS(SW) Edward F.
DeAngelis of the Naval Air Forces
Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, partici-
pated in the Topical Research
Intern Program (TRIP) at the
Defense Equal Opportunity
Management Institute from August
25-September 23, 1987. Senior
Chief DeAngelis worked diligently
to gather materials on Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s, life and work,
identifying several major events
and themes. Ms. Leslie Wilson,
former DEOMI Research Division
Chief, wrote this report based on
the materials he collected. DEOMI
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report.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
INTRODUCTION
I have a dream that one day this
nation will rise up, live out the true
meaning of its creed, "We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal." Twenty
years after Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., uttered these words, Public Law
98-144 was enacted, designating
the third Monday in January as a
Federal holiday commemorating
Dr. King's birthday. George
Washington is the only other
American whose birthday has been
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a Federal holiday.
Since the first King holiday on
January 20, 1986, the observance
has been an occasion for people to
remember Dr. King's life and
dedicate themselves anew to imple-
menting his dreams.
KING'S EARLY LIFE
Martin Luther King, Jr, was
born on January 15, 1929, in
Atlanta, Georgia.
At a very young age, he was
fascinated by watching his father,
Martin Luther King, Sr., Pastor of
Ebenezer Baptist Church in
Atlanta, and other ministers control
audiences with skillfully chosen
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EDUCATION T.
In September 1944, when he was
only 15 years old, King entered
Morehouse College in Atlanta,
Georgia. At first; he was undecided
as to his course of study. However,
his experiences at Morehouse
shaped his direction for life.
According to Stephen B. Oates,
in his book Let the
Sound "The Life of Martin Luther
King, Jr., King fell under the spell
of Dr. Benjamin Mays, the college
president...Mays challenged
traditional view of Negro education
as oaccommodation under protest"
and championed it instead as
liberation through knowledge.
Education, he told his students,
allowed the Negro to be intellectu-
ally free; it was an instrument of
social and personal renewal.
Unlike most other Negro educators,
Mays was active in the NAACP
and spoke out against racial oppres-
sion. He lashed the white church in
particular as America's "most con-
servative and hypocritical institu-
tion."
King was enormously impressed.
He saw in Mays what he wanted "a
real minister to be"--a rational man
whose sermons were both spiritu-
ally and intellectually stimulating,
a moral man who was socially
involved. Thanks largely to Mays,
King realized that the ministry
could be a respectable force for
ideas, even for social protest. And
so at seventeen King elected to
become a Baptist minister, like his
father and maternal grandfather
before him.
following
years old,
Morehouse College with a
in sociology. He then studied for a
B.A. degree. in divinity at Crozer
Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.
This was his first experience in a
northern, integrated school.
While at Crozer, King attended a
lecture by Dr. Mordecai W.
Johnson, who was the presi of
Howard University in Washington,
DC. Dr. Johnson oexplained how
Gandhi had forged Soul Force--the
power of love or truth--into a
mighty vehicle for social change."
He " that the moral power of
Gandhian nonviolence could im-
prove race relations in America,
too."
King was mesmerized by
Gandhi's concepts, and began read-
ing profusely about his life and
philosophy. = |
Nonviolent resistance, Gandhi
taught, meant noncooperation with
evil, an idea he got from Thoreau,
whose essay on civil disobedience
"left a deep impression on me."
..Gandhi, for his part, took
Thoreau's theory and gave it practi-
cal application in the form of
strikes, boycotts, and protest
marches, all conducted nonvio-
lently and all predicated on love for
the oppressor and a belief in divine
justice. Gandhi's goal was not to
defeat the British in India, but to
redeem them through love, so as to
avoid a legacy of bitterness.
In fact, in 1929, Gandhi told a
group of American Blacks: Let not
the 12 million Negroes be ashamed
of the fact that they are the
grandchildren of slaves. There is
no dishonour in being slaves.
There is dishonour in being slave
owners. But let us not think of
honour or dishonour in connection
with the past. Let us realize that
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as a Ph.D. student in philosophy at
Boston University. Proteeste L.
Harold DeWolf said of oall the
doctorate students I have had at
Boston University--some fifty in
all-I would rate Martin Luther
King among the top five."
Despite the heavy demands of his
doctoral program, King found time
for two other activities--enrolling
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: | harmony of interests and under-| concerned osegregation in transpor- its name to the Southerr
onow move from protest to recon- February 1957, the organization t effort entitled
ciliation. : : elected Dr T King as President and| oCrusade for Citizenship. ? At the
On _Decer 21, 1956, | ch its name to the Southern time only one and a quarter million
Montgomery Lines resumed ip Conference | Its| Blacks were _ regi in the
full service on all of its routes. At| goal, as stated by Bayard South. The drive sought to register
5:45 am, [Ralph] Abernathy, | was to refuse oto Jim Crow | five million new minority voters.
'D.]_Nixon, Mrs. Parks, and| in specific areas....which] chal- The first civil rights legislation
Glenn] cae, eters & the entire social, political since reconstruction was passed in
ing home on Jackson. Ten economic order that has kept} 1957, est a Civil Rights
ses a oe oe Oe | To domemmrae is, oe ag| hank Deparonent 10 fle, Invent
: a m ) nstrate thi . Ki parti AwSuits
corner, varia Lather King, Jr., promoeed a oPilgrimage 0| when voting ri ertat re
could not or would was the first pa: to the door. Washington" _ if ident| LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
not be the same after He paid his selected a seat| Eisenhower refused to publicly} In 1957, violence erupted Goring
1955]... It was the day that Mrs. toward the front of the bus. Glenn | denounce segreg: on. King spots an attempt to integrate Little Rock T:
ac arks, a Negro seamstress was Smiley, the white Texan, sat down | of how the be an| Central High School under Federal
Kosa od for refusing to obey the bus next to him. As news photoraphers appeal 10 the nation, and the court order. Governor Orval Faubus
driver's order to move from the seat snapped. pictures, the bus pulled to pass a civil rights bill} called out the Arkansas National
in which she was sitting to let a you away from the | curb. lack| that would give the Justice} Guard to keep Blacks from attend.
white passenger sit down. Mrs | Montgomery, after 382 days of| De nt the power to file law] ing the school. __ Presiden!
Parks was returning home from i mass effort, had achieved its goal. | suits against discriminatory regis-| Eisenhower, ofaced with the mos
work and after being tired from And that is where the strong| due to the boycott A White taxi driver remarked about | tration and voting practices any-| serious challenge to Federal author-
standing all day, she sat in the first | Tesistance comes. We've got to keep | company was worried. King, oDon't let anyone fool you. | where in the South. ity since the Civil War," was bliged
available seat, Which happened to | 0 ? keepin T on, in order to gain| The response of the White commu- That young colored preacher has} On May 17, 1957, a-smaller group | {0 nationalize the Arkansas
be reserved for white riders. Since freedom. It is not done voluntarily. | nity turned violent. There were ot more brains in his little finger | than aisicipated convened at the| National Guard and dispatch a
Mrs, Parks refused to move, she | It is done through the pressure that | threatening telenhme calls and the City Commissioners and| Lincoln Memorial. Dr. King thousand regular army paratrooper:
was arrested , comes.about from people who are | harassment of Blacks. Dr. King's | all the politicians in this town put| spoke, and was catapulted into the | to Little Rock. With white parents
Mrs. Parks was later tried in oppressed. home was bombed. He was | together. national spotlight. shouting and waving Confederate
Montgomery City Court, charged The MIA was encouraged by Dr. arrested and jailed for allegedly THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN | Give us the ballot and we will no flags, U.S. soldiers " escorted
with and found guilty of violating a King's words. It agreed that driving 30 miles per hour in a LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE | longer plead--we will write the Elizabeth Eckford and eight other
state law mandating segregation. | instead of staging just a one-day | 25-mile-per-hour zone. (SCLC) proper laws on the books, Give us| Negro students into the school and
She was fined $10. Her attorney | bus boycott, the boycott would On November 13, 1956, the United | The Supreme Court decision in the the ballot and we will fill the through the corridors to their
ied the conviction. last until: States Supreme Court affirmed the | Montgomery bus case was hardly | legislature with men of good-| classes. Thanks to southern white
incident with Mrs. Parks T trial | (1) Courteous treatment by the bus decision of a seg) US. District | the end of the battle. There was| will...Give us the ballot and we wil intransigence, Eisenhower became
was a one day boycott of the buses | operators was guaranteed. Court which declared Alabama's | much violence in the aftermath of | transform the salient misdeeds of} the first President "_ since
many members of Montgomery's 2) Passengers were seated on a state and local laws requiring the legal integration of the buses. the bloodthirs mobs into the Reconstruction to send . federal
by me community tst-come, first-served basis--| Segregation on buses unconstitu- | As a so on January 10-11,| calculated good deeds of orderly troops to enforce Negro rights in
As a result of this, an organization | Negroes seated from the back of the | "onal. 1957, 60 Black leaders from 16| citizens. . Dixie, a move that enraged the
ack of the | "King instructed his followers: | Southern states met at the Ebenezer] President, Eisenhower did | not white South and polarized the
was established, the "Montgomery | bus toward the front while whites
Improvement Association," (MIA) seated from the front toward the
to orchestrate a complete and | back.
ongoing response to Montgomery's | (3) That Negro bus operators be
segregation. employed on predominantly Negro
Baptist Church in Atlanta and
founded the Southern Conference
on Transportation and Non-violent
Integration. Its original agenda
change his behavior following the
Pilgrimage. He still would not
meet with Black leaders.
In August 1957, the organization
to go back to the buses with
humility and meekness. I would be
truly disappointed if any of you go
back to the buses bragging we, the
King's Life Story
Continues on Page 5
Dr. King was chosen president, and
announced: We have no alternative
but to protest. For many years we
have shown an amazing patience.
We have sometimes given our
white brothers the feeling that we
liked the way we were being
treated. But we came here tonight
to be saved from that patience that
routes.
Lerone Bennett, Jr. in What
Manner of Man: A Biography of
Martin Luther King, Jr, 1929-
1968, observed: The one-day War
cott stretched out to 382 days. The
382 days changed the spirit of
Martin Luther ng, Jr., and King,
thus transformed, helped to change
Negroes, won a victory over the
white people...
Our experience and growth during
this past year of nonviolent protest
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Following these acti i - Woolworth's
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was r :
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crisis at Little Rock. His irrespon-
sible actions brought the issue to
the forefront of the conscience of
the nation as nothing else had, and
allowed people to see the futility of
attempting to close the public
schoo
THE SIT-INS
On February 1, 1960, four young
black men who were students at
when they also were refused
protesters.
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FREEDOM RIDES
Although the U.S. Supreme
Court had banned segregation on
interstate buses and trains in 1946,
and extended the bans to bus
terminals as well, in 1961 segrega-
tion was still a reality in the .
As a result, in May, 1961, James
Farmer of the Congress of Racial
uality (CORE) implements the
"Freedom Rides." Under CORE's
oauspices, interracial " groups
boarded two buses in Washington,
D.C., and set out on_a circuitous
journey toward New Orleans, test-
ing terminal facilities as they
went."
Initially, King did not pafticipate
in the Freedom Rides, Since ft was
CORE sponsored, he felt CORE
should receive the recognition.
However, SCLC bought the tickets
for the Freedom Riders and was
prepared to assist if necessary. And
necessary it was.
In Alabama. the Freedom Rides
turned into a nightmare. On
Mother's Day, May 14, an armed
mob surrounded the first bus just
outside of Anniston and set the
vehicle afire. The passengers nar-
rowly escaped before the bus
exploded in a shower of flames. a
scene that newsmen captured in
photographs that were widely pub-
icized. The second bus managed to
escape the Anniston mob and raced
on to Birmingham.
But as the Freedom Riders
stepped off the bus there. a gang of
Klansmen, promised fifteen min-
utes of immunity by the local
police. beat them mercilessly with
ead pipes, baseball _ bats. and
bicycle chains.
In Montgomery, Alabama, mobs
assaulted the Freedom Riders.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy
sent 400 U.S. Marshals to calm the
situation. Dr. King went to
Montgomery and spoke.
The ultimate responsibility for
the hideous action in Alabama last
step of the
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keep him
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congies "The Gor
declared a state of martial law and
called in the National Guard.
The governor then called |
Attorney ; edy to in-
form him of his troop dispositions.
The governor said pose. how-
ever, that Major General Henry
Graham, the guard commander,
could not ntee the safety of
Martin Luther King, Jr. oHave the
eneral call me," Robert F.
ennedy snapped back. "I want
him to say it to me. I want to hear
a general of the U.S. Army =) he
can't protect Martin Luther
Jr" Faced with an angry, deter-
mined attorney general, _ the
Alabama governor retreated, admit-
ting that it was he, not the general,
who did not believe King could be
protected.
Not only King but also the
tattered nonviolent army of which
he was the symbolic leader was
protected. .
The Freedom Riders moved on to
Jackson, Mississippi, the following
day, under heavy guard _ The
Interstate Commerce Commission
issued a ban on segregation in
transportation, buses, and related
facilities.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
According to King, in 1963
Birmingham was othe most thor-
oughly segregated city in the
country, T an American
Johannesburg that was ruled by fear
and plagued by hate."
SCLC's plan for Birmingham,
expressed in the oBirmingham
Manifesto, ? involved strong boycott
by Blacks of White stores around
the Easter shopping season. SCLC
hoped that such economic depriva-
tion would force Birmingham to
adopt SCLC's goals of desegrega-
tion of the store facilities. adoption
of fair hiring practices by those
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the order and was arrested and| The next p of the
placed in jail, Birmingham stage turned to the
It was from his jail cell in | children. High school students,
Birmingham that Dr. King wrote a along with their younger brothers
very famous letter, in which he | and siste , took to the streets in
midrensed the criticism of his oe Police arrested more than
activities. 900 children in a day, carting them
I am here, along with several | in school buses to jail. "One police
members of my staff, because we captain was deeply troubled by that
were invited here. I am here | sight. Evans he told another
because I have basic organizational | officer, ten or fifteen years from
ties here. Beyond this, | am in| THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Birmingham because injustice is | Perhaps the ultimate recognition of
here... We have not made a single | Dr. King's crusade to secure equal
gain in civil rights without deter- | rights for all came on December 10,
mined legal and non-violent pres- | 1964, when, at age 35, he was the
sure. History is the long and tragic
story of the fact that privileged
groups seldom give up their unjust
sture; but as Rei old Niebuhr
has reminded us, groups are more
immoral than individuals.
We know through painful experi-
ence that freedom is never volun-
tarily given by the oppressor; it
must demanded by the op-
pressed...
For years now I have heard the
word oWait. ? It rings in the ear of
every Negro with a piercing famili-
arity. s "Wait" has always
meant "Never." It has been a
tranquilizing thalidomide, relieving
the emotional stress for a moment
only to give birth to an ill formed
infant of frustration. We must
come to see with the distinguished
eee est person ever to receive the
obel Peace Prize.
Some months earlier, right after he
had been nominated, Dr. King told
a friend that Time's "Man of the
Year" award was nothing special,
that he had two hundred plaques at
home, and what's one more?, But
a Nobel Peace a7 was different.
s was not simply a personal
award, but the most significant
international endorsement ble
of the civil rights struggle. This
was not a prize being given to one
individual...but the oforemost of
earthly honors" being accorded the
movement he had come to symbol-
ize.
Accordingly, all of the prize money
was distributed among several ma-
jor civil rights organizations.
jurist of yesterday that "justice too SELMA, ALABAMA
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; 1962 and Au
1964, 795 Blacks tried t0
re 93 (11.7
paces) were allowed to register.
ng the same ae (76.7
percent) of the 1,232 Whites who
" to register were registered.
ma officials used any means,
both legal and illegal, to prevent
Black voter registration.
Lenwood G. Davis in I Have A
Dream...The Life and Times of
Martin Luther King, Jr., described
some of the tactics used.
Some Negroes stood in line, ap-
proximately six hours a day, wait-
ing to enter the courthouse to
register. Only 95 persons ot in
during the two weeks period since
only one applicant was admitted at
a time. Each had to answer lon
series of confusing biographica
questions. Next they had to provide
written answers to a twen' page
test on the Constitution, federal,
state and local governments. To
prove literacy, each applicant had
to write a passage from the
Constitution read to him by the
registrar. The registrar was the sole
judge of whether the applicant's
writing was passable, and whether
he had given the correct answers.
These complicated registration pro-
cedures were so unjust that even
some college professors could not
"pass" the literacy test.
It appears as though Selma officials
recognized the truth in Dr. King's
message of what would happen
when Blacks were able to vote in
Alabama. Dr. King said: when we
get the right to vote, we will send
fo the State House not men who
will stand in the doorway of
universities to keep Negroes out but
men who will u old the cause of
"weawy: eneeue Oui
Congress men who will sign not a
manifesto for segregation but a
manifesto for justice.
. The demonstrations in Selma sent
ere ee ee ee ee ee me ee
mi .
Dr. King to jail once again. This
time he wrote a letter to the New
York Times, pointing out the
ironies of his situation. When the
King of Norway participated in
awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to
me, he surely did not think that in
less than sixty days I would be in
jail. He, and almost all the world
opinion will be shocked because
they are little aware of the unfin-
ished business in the South...
THIS IS SELMA, ALABAMA, (sic)
THERE ARE MORE NEGROES IN
JAIL WITH ME THAN THERE
ARE ON THE VOTING ROLLS.
While in fail Dr. King received
word of U.S. District Ju ge Daniel
H. Thomas' order that Alabama had
to cease using its voter registration
form, stop rejecting applicants
because of minor errors on their
forms, and process 100 applicants |
each day the registrars met.
However. the situation turned more
violent. and once again, the irony
was driven home. ABC Network
interrupted Judgment at
Nuremberg, a movie about Nazi
atrocities, to broadcast film of
Alabama State Troopers' bloody
assault on peaceful Black marchers.
"Bloody Sunday," as it came to be
called, prompted President
Johnson's comments.
What happened in Selma was an
American tragedy The blows that
were received, the blood that was
shed, the life of the good man that
was lost, must strengthen the
determination of each of us to bring
full and equal and exact justice to
all of our people...
It is wrong to do violence to
ceful citizens in the street of
their town. It is wrong to deny
Americans the right to vote. It is
wrong to deny any person full
equality because of the color of his
skin.
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
The actions of Selma and other
southern cities to disenfranchise
Blacks prompted the Johnson ad-
ministration, on March 17, 1965, to
4
Mississippi, 28 counties in North
Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
Major provisions of the law in-
cluded banning the use of literacy
tests; giving the Attorney General
authority to supervise voter regis-
tration in areas where a literacy test
was in use as of November 1, 1964,
or "where fewer than 50 percent of
the voting age residents were
registered to vote on that date or
actually voted in the 1964
Presidential election;" providing for
criminal penalties for those who
interfered with voting rights, and
authorizing the Attorney General to
prohibit the use of poll taxes as a
prerequisite to voting.
During the first five months of the
law, close to 240,000 Blacks were
added to the voter rolls in the
South.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
In early 1968, Memphis.
Tennessee's sanitation workers,
most of whom were Black, organ-
most of the 1,300 BI sanitation
A big
Tequested recogni
the city, along with a contract
providing for higher vege
better working conditions. city
and on Feb 12, 1968,
workers went on strike.
march was scheduled, and
then rescheduled (due to the
weather) for March 28, 1968. Dr.
King went to Memphis to lead the
march. However, some militant
groups turned the march violent,
prompting Dr. King to announce
over a bullhorn to the crowd, "I will
never lead a violent march so,
please. call it off."
Afterwards, King was very dis-
traught that someone was killed
during a march in which he was
involved. He promised to return to
Memphis in early April to lead a
nonviolent march.
Dr. King returned to Memphis on
April 3. 1968. The followin
night, on the balcony outside o
room 306 at the Lorraine Motel,
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr, was
assassinated at the age of 39 by
James Earl Ray, Jr.
The proponent of nonviolence lost
his life by violence.
EPILOGUE
In a sermon he delivered on
February 4, 1968, Dr. King told the
congregation at Ebenezer Baptist
Church: If any of you are around
mapoog to deliver the , tell
| him not to talk too long... Te =
when I have to meet my day, I don't
want a long funeral. And if you get |
not to mention that I have a N
Peace Prize. That isn't important.
Tell them not to mention that I
have three or four hundred other
awards. That's not important. Tell
them not to mention where I went
to school. I'd like somebody to
mention that day, that. Martin
Luther King, Jr., tried to. give his
life serving others. I'd like for
somebody to say that day, that
Martin Luther King, Jr, tried to
love somebody. I want you to say
that day that 1 tried to be right on
the war question. I want you to be
able to say that day. that I did try to
feed the hungry. And I want you to
be able to say that day that I did try
in my life to clothe those who were
naked. | want you to say on that
day, that I did try in my life to visit
those who were in prison. I. want
you to say that I tried to love and
serve humanity: Indeed. this is our
challenge. too, as we commemorate
the birth of a man who dedicated
his life to gaining civil rights for
all.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ansbro. John L. Martin Luther
King. Jr: The Making of a Mind.
Marvknoll. NY: Orbis Books.
1983.
2. Bennett. Lerone. Jr. What
Manner of Man. Chicago:
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc..
1968.
3.Chase. Helen M. and William D.
Chase's Annual Events. Chicago:
Contemporary Books. Inc.. 1987.
arom a sere
Unless we keep
living the dream,
they'll live a nightmare.
Each and every one of us must do our part. And McDonald Ts®
joins the community in dedicating ourselves to keeping
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ts dream alive. As we celebrate his
birthday, we recognize the fact that the man who leaves the
world a better place. . . never leaves.
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4.Clayto !
; | Warrior.
E ood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
, Inc., 1968.
5.Congressional erly. Con-
es and the Nation, 1945-1964.
lume 1, Washington, DC: Con-
gressional Quarterly, Inc., 1965.
6.Congressional erly. Con-
gree and the. Nation, 1965-1968.
lume 2. Washington, DC: Con-
gressional Quarterly, Inc., 1969.
7. Davis, Lenwood G. I Have a |
Dream:The Life and Times of |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Westport.
CT: Negro Universities Press.
1969, | !
8. Garrow, David J. Bearing the |
Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and
the Southern Christian Leadership |
Conference. New York: William "
Morrow and Co., Inc., 1986.
9. National Park Service. Martin |
Luther King, Jr. Washington, DC: |
ao Government Printing Office. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. New York:
The New American Library, Inc.,
1982. ec ar
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- preach a sermon. _
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e Competitive compensation package.
« Master's preferred, Credential required
Part-Time Teachers
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Openings for 1999-2000 School Year
Full-Time Teachers (K, Ist, 5th, K Assistant, Ist Assistant)
¢ Must have experience with an integrated, differentiated cur-
riculum. Knowledge of Open Court reading, EveryDay Mathe-
matics (University of Chicago School Math Project), and Junior
Must have high academic standards
Must enjoy working with a small class of highly motivated stu-
e English/Social Studies (1/2 time) for 7-8th grades
Please send resume, cover letter and writing sample to The
Oakwood School, 3624 NC Hwy, 43 North, Greenville, NC
The Oakwood School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed,
color, religion, national and ethnic origin, in its admission and employ»
ment policies, educational programs or any other school-administered
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17. Drive as you wish your kids
would. Never or drive reck-
lessly with children in the car. "
18. In disagreements, fight fairly.
No name calling.
19. Never take the last piece of
fried chicken.
20. Ask about a store's policy when
you purchase an item that costs
more than 50.00.
21. When you go to borrow money,
dress as if you have plenty of it.
22. Don't judge people by their
relatives.
23. When traveling, leave the good
jewelry at home.
24. Put your address inside your
luggage as well as on the courtside.
25. Talk slow but think quick.
CHURCH ETIQUETTE
What we got out of a service
depends to a great extent upon our
preparation for it. Be punctual, be
reverent, be worshipful. If you
must wiser in church, whisper a
prayer.
GO OUT ON A LIMB.
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Maya Angelo, critically ac-
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important thing her mother taught
her: "Hope for the best, but be
prepared for the worst. Life is
Shocking, but you must never
appear shocked. For no matter how
bad it is, it could be worse; and no
matter how good it is, it could be
better.
Time: Time may be a great
healer, but it's a rotten beautifier.
Being fat: Being fat is often a
tell-take sign that control is lack-
ing.
Mark It: Mark it! When God
forgives---He forgets.
Family: The family is the corner-
stone of all we are, so stay in
school. Let's turn to each other, not
on each other.
(Joseph Lowery, National President,
SCLC).
1 can beat illiteracy, you can too. ?
Graduates: Make God first in
everything you do. If you just trust
and never doubt what He says; all
good things will be added unto you.
Claire Hustable of the Bill Cosby
Show.
If you walk with the Lord, you'll
never be out of step.
The person who does not read is
no better than the person who can't
read.
When you lay down the dogs,
you'll get up with fleas.
Some people aren't happy unless
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PiThere are many of us in the Black community to whom
ye t tive ? is 5 with
Winther is jatices ca the Seporsse Count with» de-
mal record of appoi Black law cer, o i's governors
its
or others dismantling owelfare as we know it, ? or if its legis-
les whe fave ot elt armas beth " ilesaive ect ?
we ectky ie el Gee eader oc nie of conservatism, ?
rather than because the guilty subscribe to any sort of oracist
But now, despite their best efforts to distance themselves, two
Trent Lott (R-Miss.), and Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) "have been
firmly and unmistakably linked to a racist organization which
argues that whites are genetically superior to Blacks T has ties
to the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi parties in Burope, and which "
named the late Lester Maddox, an arch-segregationist and
former Governor of Georgia, its oPatriot of the Century. T
Within one week of his first claiming ono firsthand knowl-
edge ? of the controversial Council of Conservative Citizens
(C of CC), the media watchdog group Fairness and Accura-
cy In Reporting (FAIR) revealed copies of the organization's
onewsletter, picturing and reporting that in 1992, the power-
ful Senate Majority Leader told the Ts members "who
are staunch proponents of preserving © white race from
immigration, imtermarriage andthe odark forces ? are over-
whelming America "that othe people in this room stand for
the right principles and the right philosophy. ?
Rep. Barr, who was charged with using rhetoric laced with
obigotry ? and oracism ? by Harvard Law School Professor
Alan Dershowitz during the House Judiciary Committee Ts
impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton in
December, is also linked to the group. He addressed the C
of CC Ts national conference last June, and was pictured in
the group Ts newsletter "Citizens Informer "addressing the
group's board and posing with its leaders.
For his part, Sen. Lott renounced the organization and said
articles were made public oWe hes shaobacly 00 | ol
were : itely no involve-
ment with them either now or in the future. ? _
- But yet another report emerged this time in The Washing-
- ton Post revealing a 1997 picture from the Citizens Informer
featuring a smiling Trent Lot, omeeting in his Washington
office with C of CC National officers.
The Council of Conservative Citizens intends oto serve as
a voice and as an active advocate for the no-longer silent
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conservative majority, ? says Gordon Lee Baum, its CEO.
Of the label owhite supremacist, ? Mr. Baum says ~We
reject that title. We do nothing that could be construed as,
nor do we advocate the oppression, or exploitation of other
races or ethnic groups. We are unabashedly a group that pri-
marily speaks out for white, European civilization, faith and
form of government. But that doesn Tt necessarily relate to .
being anti T anyone, and it certainly doesn Tt say that whites are
, or that we are even segregationists. ?
itics of the group such as the Southern Poverty Law Cen-
ter, point to comments in the group Ts publications and on its
website that ogenocide via the bedroom is just as long lasting
as genocide via the gas chamber, ? that owhether it Ts Clinton |
blowing some Jazz on his sax or starting & race conference that |
bashes whites, or in having black Vernon Jordan as one of |
his closest friends or in having black Betty Currie as his sec-
rep ohetenp. b i nee Oe
eral black who doesn Tt like whites very much ...One won- | |
ders if Mr. Clinton isn Tt America Ts first black pres-
. are actually a result of his inner black cul-
ture. Call him an Oreo turned inside out. ? :
The critics suggest that such sentiments are those of an
oout-and-out racist ? and owhite i i
the group a modern version of
ica " better known as the White Citizens Council, the
so-called owhite-collar Ku Klux Klan. ?
Mr. Baum insists that such articles merely represent an
any offi-
is one of a lib- |
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matter is, the white q
on the face of the earth. And the way it is going with their
low birth-rate, and with the fact that even in Europe-10 per- |. Sa .
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future, it Ts conceivable that the white race will become extinct. rouen a
Now is there something really horrendous about saying what , ugh ersity wits
the S ianey (DG who Ue Rep, Bap trimphed
resents tate of Georgia in Congress, condemas the i .
oui fet gle calles Rep Ba an Se rimphed, proving Black
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bottom line is that these are neo-Confederates. They are H H
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Americans 1 ta ea thisking peonc of | COretta Scott king , Martin
America from the North and the South were fighting against, ?
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Rep. Cynthia McKinney
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emotional trauma an amputation can
cause. Simple, taken-for-granted tasks,
like brushing teeth and combing hair, be-
come mountains of pain and frustration.
Life, as it once was, ceases, only to begin
again with a whole new set of rules.
But there Ts good news for people
who have had amputations and other
disabilities resulting from stroke, dis-
ease or head and spinal cord injuries.
Besides the love of their families, they
can count on the full resources of
University Health Systems of Eastern
Carolina Ts Regional Rehabilitation Center
in Greenville. Resources that include a
host of special services and health pro-
fessionals who provide a nurturing
environment that helps our patients
become as independent as possible.
Our facilities are among the best
you'll find anywhere. A large, warm-
water aquatics therapy pool helps
relieve pain and restore function.
Special therapy gyms help patients
regain strength and coordination. And
our independent living suite allows
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and reduce your risk of stroke by taking these important steps. Have regular checkups.
prescribes it, Don Tt stop taking medicine without asking your doctor. Watch your weight.
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for stroke. You can control your blood pressure
Have your blood pressure checked frequently. Take medicine exactly the way your doctor
them to practice the everyday skills
needed for a confident return to home,
a
workplace and community.
But facilities, however impressive,
are only part of the story. Treatment
is very important. And at the Regional
Rehabilitation Center, treatment for a
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specialists that includes the doctors,
nurses and therapists who can best
help each individual patient.
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be assured that you and your family
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