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Pin 2B MLIOThe Charlotte Post Thursday, January 15, 2004 o High School Level [9-121 PLACE I. One Nation Krom sea to shining sea and in the valleys of the Appalacluans. and snaking down the Mississippi waters and lying in the crevices of Yellowsiooe National Park; Movenng in the picnic baskets ofSunday Church dinners, released through the mantras in every mosque, waltzing in eelcbtations, El Haile Folklorico. Fitly stales are trussed by the coiled lassos of Western Montana, and the country sings its praise. Al! inaNaiion. o Race is an expanse that eternally separate the brotherhood of mankind. / a^ Rachel Osborn II One Dream / fled tu America, from Hitler's Gestapo, she’d tell me. Don I forget my Dream Apples and honey on Rosh Mashanah, fried latkes at Chanukah, covered heads on the. Sabbath, candles blazing unlil midnight. Her dream is not lost, but treading in a shining .sea of Immigrant Aspiration. Reverberating dreams, seen m the windows of every American family at the dinner table. Where did they come from? When? Why? 1-or the same reason as my Oma. She had u dream. PLACE A tempest of color that wears away a^^undaiion of our souls. Visions of equality, thoughts of liberty, glimpses of a perfect utopia all Swept away in a dream deferred. The words of patriots, the song of the free simply Never let our color come between you and me. A burden of unrelenting pressure carried on the backs of the masses each day. Take the easy road and speak with the voice of the biggot Or follow a higher path and be the voice of hope. 3 ■ONE NATION... ONE DREAM: LET FREEDOM RING' We are the young and the old We are the healtity and the diseased We are the rich and the poor We arc the educated and the illiterate PLACE We are a rainbow of races We are a potiuch of religlorjs We are a fusion of sizes and shapes We arc one nation Brodie Erwin Chandni Ratal We want happiness and Joy We want friendship and love We want trust and honesty We want Justice and commitment 111. Bells Jingle bells and liberty bells and ihc silver bells on slender bronze fingers that play ihe pungent songs of concentrated passion. I feel musical. He had a dream: of equality and of liberty and of ftilfillment and of all the other nouns that make America America. Cries of thanks and hymns of praise are emitted through the bells that play the country's tune America. America, they cried as the rotted wood of the Mayflower met the virgin Plymouth shores, God shed his grace on ihee! And such waters have cultivated the buds of dreamers since, sustained by the songs of ihe liberty bell. Let Freedom Ring. l•fom sea to shining sea. We want to eryoy liberty we want to feel safe We want to have unity We want to experience one dream We let ouritears flow We let our children starve We let the tn;«xent die We let crime take place We should let our smiles run wild We should let our laughs be heard We should let love take over We should let freedom ring We are 300 million people, but we are only one nation We have 300 million goals and aspirations, but let us wish to achieve Let us have the desire to attain equality for all Now is lime that we, together, let freedom ring Avondale minister to head King group By Kevin Aldridge THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER AVONDALE, Ohio - The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who battled Bull Connor in Birmingham and marched with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has been named interim president and chief executive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Shuttlesworth, 81, replaces King’s son, Martin Luther King III, who resigned to take over the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change from his brother, Dexter. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a nonprofit human rights orga nization, was founded by King Jr. in 1957. “I consider myself an old soldier on this battlefield,” said Shuttlesworth, who fought to overturn segrega tion beginning in the 1950s. “This is a time when the SCLC needs me and the country needs the SCLC to return to its Christian princi ples.” Shuttlesworth, pastor of Greater New Light Baptist Church in Avondale, was a founding member and orga nizer of the Atlanta-based organization, and has served as both its secretary and vice president. Appointed last month, he is expected to serve six to eight months. “Reverend Shuttlesworth was a natural fit to serve in this position until a perma nent candidate can be identi fied,” said Dr. Claud R. Young, the organization’s national board chairman. “His knowledge and experi ence in dealing with civil rights matters and direct action ^I help to steer the organization until a replace ment is named.” Shuttlesworth said he wants to lift the status of the organization by focusing on strengthening and increasing the number of affiliates around the country. He said he also hopes to inspire youths to become more involved in the struggle for civil rights. “This country seems to have gone backwards since Martin died,” Shuttlesworth said. “The SCLC has to again grip the conscience of America like it did during the civil rights movement.” The minister did not rule out using the new position as a pulpit to speak out against injustices in Cincinnati. The city is still reeling frijm riots in 2001. Racial tensions heat ed up again two weeks ago after a 41-year-old African- American man died in a videotaped struggle with six police officers. “I think the country was shocked at the police beat ing,” Shuttlesworth said. “Those images should bum in the consciousness of America. “I will always teach respect of policemen and support of policemen, but we need to question professionalism that ends up in bmtality,” he said. “We don’t ever want the pro fessionalism or procedures of police to end up in the destmetion of people’s lives.” When asked if he would support the economic boycott organized by local civil rights activists as his predecessor See AVONDALE/3B Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. Mobil McNAIR’S AUTO Glass Service WE COME TO YOU For All Your Thick and Auto Glass Needs Windsheilds Replaced • Re-Seal Water Leaks • Pw Window Repair Insurance Claims Handled Promptly • Door Glass Repal(%d CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT • 704«376*1700 • Jack McNair RON’S GROCERY INC. 3241 Drenan St. Charlotte, NC 28205 In The Grier Heights Community Public Notary “KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE” J.R. “RON” JOHNSON OWNER TELEPHONE 704-332-4024 (©rter J^eialjte parte & peautp Center 3239 Sam Drenan Rd. . 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