oday's put-off objectives reduce tomo HARRY F. BANKS ©’ aeceiveD ‘Od . ee News fo Home Delivery 5 r the Commu’ ~* | EE catia d35NA0SF fe hi fr Ebb NSS ASVSGIT Wir EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S MINORITY VOICE SINCE 1981 ian 2 6 (959 ve . The fine dilemmas of Black leaders" By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON __ (NNPA) Nearly a half-century ago, white, Southern-orn writer Robert Penn Warren asked, “Who 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 ’80s and ’90s 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 — 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 Free Will B L sored service. (Staff Photo: Jim Rouse) € ss 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 “monolithic Black community.” The media shoves a “chosen Black spokesperson” into the spotlight and pretends that issues not sanctioned by the “chosen 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- Fhe Minor iy talon a Vou Issue Date: January 1999 ; among AINN VINITVOE0S L505 311i : ee 2 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, “gangsta” 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, “Who speaks for the Negro?” Earl Ofari Hutchinson ie the author of “The 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 L Celebration of . Martin Luther King,}t S WItdGbidsd 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. “| 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, ——m 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 More Contact: | 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 A. po’. é te" Cotrell Shait mar AA andP pat, Georgy. Pacific Gomporation. wtb a) | ; nd the National Edncation ABsoci- Young! !R3Vivy ie ng, Jr. 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’s 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’s oldest and most vital black cultural and business districts. SPECIAL SITES * Dr. King’s Crypt * The Eternal Flame * The Gift Shop * Dr. King’s 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’s 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’s speeches, sermons and writings. Three volumes have al- ready published. On the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.....Fly your flag. race, ‘color, creed, } status.’ Compliance (252) 329-4009 NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION | The’ Greenville Housing Authority complies with all federal and state housing laws. The Authority does not knowingly discriminate with regard to origin, -handicap or familial Program is observed. 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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 reer | Pu 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 RRO REA IS x5 eens SAPP PREPEPODFOOEE PELE E 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 So |e ie EDUCATION’. 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 “accommodation 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 “explained 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 pgee Ht i be i : F as a Ph.D. student in philosophy at Boston University. Proteeste L. Harold DeWolf said of “all 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 YH OODH HBOS ON % . aN i Salutes the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, J i ie | y of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. } iz r a = = — very October, the University Health . from Buddy Check to promote early diagnosis Nrormcerencele O Systems of Pastern Carolina’s Leo W. Jenkins of breast cancer, to Made in the Shade, a support Caneer Center im Greenville holds a Survivor's group for patients with melanoma. celebration. And every year, the number of people attending seems to get larger. Frankly, we're not surprised. 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At| goal, as stated by Bayard South. The drive sought to register 5:45 am, [Ralph] Abernathy, | was to refuse “to 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 “Pilgrimage 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’: 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, “faced 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, “Don't let anyone fool you. | where in the South. ity since the Civil War," was bliged available seat, Which happened to | 0” keepin’ 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’ 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 has been’ such that we cannot be satisfied with a court "victory" over our white brothers. 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This = Washingt religious lady will help you where all others have failed. If you have drinking problems, this gton, NC 27889 The King Story Continues fro white South and polarized the North Carolina A & T College sat |; region. down at the a sues © Following these acti i - Woolworth's posed the crrsvon, "What | and refused 10 leave when they KXmmerican politician had done the were denied service. Only white ‘most to promote in ion the last roar ge gi shea got penne five years?” According to King, it| Word of their act spread among was r : Faubus, who had instigated the | more than two dozen occupied 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. until, lunch counter, doing schoolwork serv- ice. 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A valid North Carolina driver's license is also required. Salary $6./hour. Applications accepted through January 18, 1999. to Wine throu the South, Dr. ce & ore eae declined. Instead, they formed the Student. Nonviolent inating Committee (SNCC).’ 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 “auspices, 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 We hear pg cannot may regulated. - to make a keep him The She ont 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. “Have 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 “the ‘most thor- oughly segregated city in the country,’ an American Johannesburg that was ruled by fear and plagued by hate." SCLC's plan for Birmingham, expressed in the “Birmingham 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 stores: dismissal of all charges from |__"AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER" . , +A Company Committed To Quality, Excellence, and Customer \ Draperless | Your Complete Home Interior Design Center ‘Wallpaper | Blinds ‘Remnants. | " ae te | | 2808 East Tenth Street, Greenville 75 2-7000 ng, . _A court order placed an injunc- + the tion against any type of protest Hungarian freedom fighters did in activity imaginable. King defied | Hungary was “illegal” 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 “Wait.” 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 “foremost 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 ong delayed is justice denied." We | The Southern Christian Leadership hundred and forty years for our . SHEL! and God-given ng ts... ° r The answer is found in the fact King’s Life Story that there are two types of laws: Continues on Page 6 - Commission. 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The fourm is planned to pro- vide infomation about the his- tory of charter schools in NC, NC charter school law, and any pending changes to this law as well as dicuss what is curently happening , through- out the state regarding charter schools.. Mr Richard Clontz and Vernon Robinson , of the NC Education Reform Network will make presentations which will be followed by a question and answer period. Three neighboring charter schools will have representatives pre- sent to answer any questions from the audience. For more information, call Amina at 758-1711 or Mary ai 355-5992. ; 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’s® joins the community in dedicating ourselves to keeping Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream alive. As we celebrate his birthday, we recognize the fact that the man who leaves the world a better place. . . never leaves. Ed. Martin Luther 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. 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