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^ ge C4-The Chronicle, Thursd M r v ' ws*?* f iflWpinr ? Eyes On The Prize America's Civil Rights Y With "Fighting Back 1957-1962,' .series "Eyes on the Prize: Amerli and federal authorities over paratroopers of the 101st Airborr tral High School in September 1 Gains made are now end By The Associated Press PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- Gains that blacks made during the years before Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968 are endangered by disarray within the civil rights movement, economic problems and polices being pur-' sued in Washington* a Georgia civil rights leader has said. Georgia Sen. Julian Bond, president of the Atlanta chapter . of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, made his statement at a gathering of about 400 people, mostly students, at the University rtf A rl"lnror n Din a O l..ff III vi * u nutU(U ai I I11C D1UI I niS Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series in December. Lawmaker urge * AUSTIN, Texas - A lawmaker once again urged his colleagues to enact legislation proclaiming the third Monday in January an official state holiday honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the meantime, Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Houston, urged the heads of all Texas state agencies to allow employees ? if they wish - to substitute King's birthday on Jan. 19 for another state holiday as provided in -the general ap^Inrecogn H HLi m Kgntocta filed Cm HHHHB|HHHHHHBHaBHHi \ - - - - - ? A. Jy, January 15, 1987 * % ?--- ? V-. 1 ?T, |Hf ^Hr '^ ^Hflf A *<^H HBi . i mv i MB o ears, 1954-1965 ' airing Wednesday, Jan. 28, at ca's Civil Rights Years, 1954-19< school desegregation in Art le Division guard some of the Li 957 (photo by the Associated F while King i angered fro Bond said that King gave eloquent voice to aspirations for economic and political justice for blacks. The non-violent protests led and inspired by King, Bond said, eliminated most legal segregation jn~a decade. Today, he said, blacks are gaining elected offices and power "only dreamed of before." . T* > 1 ... " dui Bona said the civil rights movement is in disarray during a period when black infant mortality has risen and median family income and life expectancy have fallen. He said it is as though blacks are being forced to climb a "molasses mountain," while whites take*a ski lift * "In a very real way in 1986, we find our.condition unchanged. ... s birthday as Oj propriations bill. Wilson noted at a news conference last Friday that Jan. 19 will mark the second national Observance of King's birthday under a federal law passed by Congress in 1985. He said legislation declaring King's birthday an official state holiday has been passed in the Texas House of Representatives in three different forms at three different times, and the Senate also has passed such a measure. bihhhhhhbm iition of a trt \ We sail Luther champi< birthda1 cken 111 <t \ * '* ' ;' S * |MH || |- ;S * m M v ty 9 p.m. on PBS, the documentary 35" focuses on the clash of state cansas and Mississippi. Here, I ttle Rock Nine as they leave Cen- I 3ress).\ I was alive I m within I While our general condition has I risen, our relative position has gotten worse/' he said. He said the Reagan administration has pushed thousands of people into poverty, taken 3 million children off school lunch programs and increased the economic gap between rich and poor. ' "After four more years of this |? kind of economic recovery,'* he said, "you and I may cease to exist." Young blacks have turned inward, he said, abandoning the civil rights cause. He called for a return to the wide participation seen during - King's era, saying, "We move forward faster when we move forward together." fficial holiday "I am convinced that together we can and will get this legislation through both houses and on the governor's desk for his signature before the close of the 70th legislative session," Wilson said. 4'Not only is this a noble cause, but by taking this action, the state of Texas wilt be reaffirming its commitment to justice and equality for all of its citizens," Wilson said ? ie patriot ite Dr. Martin King Jr., on of human 3n the occasion :elebration of his y. fill I r ^ r~ H a VSEji. Br/** fl U/ " .* - ;? ? ~</\.:-y, { :-. v ,^>:%tiM2H ? * . ? * v,. 'vnM?cvPl^H BUDWEISER SAI . NEWEST NATI ??-?? l.ET HE I J ^ Ta t* s A / / b?b 11 sew m raonnr* pRK4 ??93 I ...J!.. 11 worn epi; K3ISILSIJS R.H. BARRINGER DI Greensboro Winst BUOWC!?? WNGO KE?S?? ANH?US R BUSCH INC 9 lOLHS A v ' . t i. fid H k I H v , HI rL' ONAL HOUDAY! ** T ? ED (Ml RHjJ //Ss ?? m mm 1 # *? iMr ^ 1LJpiii^^ ^ r Natural UE^tl BSD [?sch| HI _J [fgj?>J Hi I - I STRIBUTING CO., INC. on-Salem Burlington V J N ? ?
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