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Page D2-The Chronicle. Thursday. January 12, 1984 What Dr. IN Heau/ort O. Hutlcy, An> objective history of member of the Winston- our era ssill ha\e to feature Sulem / i'orsy t h Count v the Res. Martin Luther School Hoard; king Jr. among our great i leaders. What Martin Luther King meant to me: The advancement of civil He meant ner>r\lr? rights ami hiv eHe<*fiv?? iiw?-? io save humamn' of moral appeals to the He meant equalits lor all wnse ol fairness, , which is a hallmark of the people. American people, are He meant better income, among his major contribu- _ better jobs and belter hous- tions. ing. He meant register now, | ^as particularly imvote later. pressed by his emphasis on ,, non-violence in the tradiHe meant preserving ~. ., . . tion ot Ghandi and black institutions. T, , .. , , - Thoreau. During the decade He meant black elected .. . ,, rr. . , .ol the 1960s, I was com-.officials. ,, , , .. pleting a 20-year career in He meant the survival ol ' ..? .. ? the U.S. Marine Corps, and black public school the use- of strength and teachers. power were the only tactics He meant the Constitu- ?f- knew'. Rev. King's career tibn of the United States. caused me to rethink my personal philosophy and He meant the Declaration the process, J^belicve, of Independence. modified my^ehavtor^arid He meant the Bill of, made m^a better person. Rights. He meant self-pride. ^ a Caucasian historian He meant self- at a predominantly black confidence. university over the past 14 years, I have had some opHe meant hope. portunity to experience the He meant dignity. role of a racial minority. - He meant do your best at This has led me to apwhatever you attempt. preciate more fully the im ne meani "I am poriance oi Dr. King's goal somebody." of a society where people He meant peace and non- are judged by the "content violence. of their character" rather He meant a lot of things than "the color of their to a lot of people. skin.". Prejudice and bigotry come in all colors. These evils are no less ugly Dr. Willium Sheppard, and reprehensible when the chairman of the Winston- source is non-white and I . Sa/enr/Forsyth County believe Rev. King opposed School Board: them regardless of their -'S* -V , j-** M .* J j?> I -i* I ~V- ' < . ] - ? I t t J f \ I 1 1 * ? t * /Iartin Luthei source. ment. Appointments, eon* ^H|MH trading and promotions are MBr ": just a less of the areas to which special attention lljlfe iSPl must be devoted it' true equity is to he achieved. To me, the meaning ot Rev. wmP* King's career is that non- .* discrimination can be % j achieved, but only it' fair- B|?M||M| minded people of both sexes and all races want and are willing to work for it. Johnnie Johnson, director of the Lust' j^k Winston Restoration ^k | 1 Association Inc.: JM ft 1 Martin Luther King Jr. HH consciousness of white I America. He was the , I catalyst, the needed ingre- ? dient that released the complacency, passivity and fear Dr. Martin L that had stifled a real drive i^i nut- emancipation oy black America before his time. - Willie Anderson, teacher King caused America' to and president of (he For re-examine the Constitution svth Association of Count) its founding fathers had Teachers: written to protect the "people" of this country from * Dr. Martirt Luther K>ing the human injustices that Jr. was a hero to me as 1 their forefathers had soueht grew up in Charleston, S.C, He was a person who was to rid themselves of in their unafraid of the people whc flight from England. - believed that blacks were Martin Luther King Jr. second-class citizens. And was the embodiment of all he made me believe that I the . strength, could become anything I humanharianism and wanted to be. perseverance that is As seventh-grade stuAmerica. dent, I did not understand i ' r> I HAVE i 3 > [n keeping the 'Dn ^ t* /\ 1 1 A -A jiuuu uc a part c he Chronicle comn ;in Luther King's b: ?T* O K % V - . : ? -k' ITinnr Tw* lV^/w . lVIIlg eft* 1T1C4 lite aside from going to the M< ft Army. As I grew older, he Fa ft grew .in national pro- loc Mft minence. i wanted to be a mfc part of what he was doing. He convinced me that loc one person could make a an ^',,crcncc ^ i*iat onc ncr* son were willing to work thr anaru ana suck to a given task. And f owe my concern do about teachers and students up to Dr. King.. str I am certain tjiat I would thi not be as jryrolved in my hai present cause had Martin ' Luther King Jr. never lived. bei mc rea Mary K. McCurry, retired J?1' teacher and storyteller: me me Dr. Martin Luther King IBIHHHHHHHHHH to lhe mark, which was the human L .uther King Jr. he eould no' ?, break he bent. He worked unceasingly ev and was direct in speech. ^ . .. _ He fought previously - un, why it was necessary to go _ .7 , . J o 0f,0r 0 fought battles and was a - see a movie after it was a -. ... ce , year old. We had one major V.er ?J human desnn.es. ? movie house in Charleston. H's cl,mbed- ,bou*h lh<; and 1 would read in the rocks were rugged. He wjll forever live ' ^ ; newspaper about a new . * W( I western but was told that cr only the whites could see Thomas J^Elijab Jr., presi- tjc ; the new release, and that I dent of th^jWinsion-Salem th > would have to wait for a Urban ffeague: Ai f year. 1 could not unders- W( I tand. Martin Luther King Jr. p| When I was 14, I read was undisputedly one of the ec about a man named King world's greatest inspiraw h n iv a c Hr?manrlir?o 1 ? ~ -J ? ? .. v " u j u v. in u u i 5 uuuai icciuci i>. changes in Alabama. I soon As I reminisce, I can im- Le? saw some mention of him in mediately recall his visits to PO! a ' # i \ DREAM DR. MAR TIN L UTHER KING earn' alive, SEARS is >f this special issue of lemorating Dr. Marirthday. (to r ) *> . * ans To Me w York during the 60s, by which the socially and ing speeches and raising economically disadvantagnds to promote civil ed can develop their full hts. At that time, 1 was human potential because we airman of.. the believe that everybody Mropolitan Council for deserves a chance to make it ir Housing. We always on their own -- everybody. >ked forward to his comt to town. After briefing him on the Ear line Parmon, chairman al scene, we would set up of the Forsyth County entourage, which ama/- Democratic Executive ;ly grew as we paraded Committee: oughout Long Island. The crowds were tremen- Dr. Martin Luther King's us. Adults and kids lined courageous stand for justice for miles alone the and eaualitv has been one eets to.catch.a glimpse of of the influencing factors s great man and shake his that % has made dreams rtd if they could. realities for me as well as Mthough I initially j for many other blacks. ;ame involved in the The doors that wer$ >vement for personal opened by Dr. King have isons, I sincerely believe allowed many of us to it Dr. King's tireless become active, first-class dication to the belter- participants in a society that nt of humanity inspired once held all blacks as being f to become more involv- inferior and ignorant. - more committed to the Dr. King very much inause." ^ fluenced me as a black Martin believed in the woman. His philosophy American Dream" for broadened my perspective eryone. He^rfs not mere- on life as a minority. His a black leader but a actions made me realize illiant symbol of peace, that nothing happens unless >pe and love that you make it happen, mented all races together. le successful battle he aged for equal opportuni- The Rev.. Carlton A. G. made history around the Evers/ey, interim pastoral 3rld. Yet, the passing of assistant, First Baptist ucial civil rights legisla- Church: >n ironically revealed fur-^ er inequities-*~in our I believe the Rev. Dr. merican system. Blacks Martin Luther King Jr. was ?re now "getting into God's prophet in America aces" but still lacked the the second half of the onomic power to prosper. 20th century. The proper way to honor him is not to rhis is where the-Urban freeze him as a pleasant ague comes in. Our purse is to provide the-means Please see pane D3 ? q, . - i Vh M *> _ I * ^^ShOflB E93Bl
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