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Saturday. Shirley Chisholm,
former presidential candi
date, rejalled "the dream."
Chisholm: King would
want to march again
By Michele Samuel
More than 1,000 people at
tended the third annual Mar-
jtin Luther King, Jr. prayer
breakfast last Saturday at
the Asheville Civic Center.
Given in honor of the de
ceased civil rights leader,
the featured speaker was
Shirley Chisholm, former New
York congresswoman and presi
dential candidate, who said
that if King were alive to
day, he would again call for
blacks and disillusioned
farmers and workers to march
to Washington, D.C.
"Martin Luther King envi
sioned a certain dream,” said
Chisholm. "A dream of free
dom.
"The kind of freedom free
of hate, the kind of freedom
full of love," she said.
Chisholm went on to say
that King wanted equality for
all people, but that it is
still not present in America
today. "Inequality is still a
maior issue in America to
day," she said.
Chisholm said that people
cannot be idle in the strug
gle for equality. "Unless we
act, we will be abandoning
the King legacy," she said.
"If you have doubt about
King's ideas just think about
organizations like the Moral
Maiority that are setting
America back 20 years, said
Chisholm.
She noted some examples of
inequality in America, such
as the problems farmers and
textile workers face.
"Racism remains an ugly
blot on our society and Am
erican farmers are be|ng
pushed off their farms by a
callous government," she
said.
"Our country, in terms of
its attention, is no longer
interested in its human re
sources," said Chisholm. "It
is no longer interested in
the preservation of its human
beings."
Jobs in America have gone
abroad and then in this coun
try American people aren’t
able to work, she said.
Chisholm didn’t just con
demn large corporations and
government. She said that
people are no longer concern
ed about one another. "Every
body seems to be like Rip Van
Winkle—fast asleep. We have
become a segment of selfish
people," said Chisholm.
"No longer are we our bro
ther’s keeper," she said.
Chisholm said that if King
were alive today he would
make an effort to make chan
ges in America. "If Martin
Luther King were here he
wouldn't sit back and take
this," she said.
"He would say, ’Come, chil
dren of God, and let us march
on Washington again, for go
vernment has forgotten human
ity.’"
nr* fTr FORECAST: This service is provided by students and
Dr. Ed Brotak in the atmospheric science program.
Friday: Sunny and cool with a higli of 45.
cloudy with chance of liorht showers Infp in
Sunday: Sunny and moderately cool. High in the 30’s.