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Activist Remembers Dr.
Luther King, 1"963 March
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The chance to stand among the
250,000 people at the March on
Washington in 1963 and witness Dir.
Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I
Have A Dream" speech, was "a
great experience,' according to
Rembert Malloy.
Malloy, a retired surgeon at
Bowman Gray Hospital, described
the entire setting as a marvelous,
historical event," but his most mem
orable moment that day happened
before the speech . ~ ~
"The most impressive thing I
saw was when the bus rode into
Washington about seven that morn
ing." he said. We saw the U.S.
Army ? an integrated group ?
w ith their -guns drawn forcing
Lincoln Rockwell and the American
Nazi Party off the grounds. That was
the most impressive thing to me.
Malloy feels that the country
has made progress, in eliminating
racial tension and social inequality,
byt says King's dream has not fully
become a reality.
"Not in it's full light." he said.
"It was not unusual to see black kids
and white kids playing together
think (America) has made progress."
Malloy, who was active in the
local civil-rights struggle, said that
King would be disappointed with
the condition of society today.
He would have been a discour
aged, despised person had he lived,'
Malloy said. "I think Clinton made a
tremendous statement when he said
King didn't envision black men
killing black men. King's sacrifice
was not for them to have the privi
lege to kill each other."
Malloy feels that although
King s dream has not be fulfilled, he -
does feel that King carried out his
divine mission.
King Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
On Dec. 10, 1964, Dr. Martin
! -Luther King Jr. was awarded the
'* Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
? These five prestigious" prizesr
? amounting to almost $40,000 each,
t are awarded each year by the Nobel
J Foundation from the bequest of
? Alfred Bernhard Nobel for out
standing achievement in physics,
chemistry, medicine and literature,
and for the promotion of peace.
The following excepts from Dr.
King's acceptance speech express,
in a way not otherwise possible, the >
greatness of the man and the depth
' of his commitment to freedom and
justice:
Your Majesty, your Royal
Highness, Mister President, excel
lencies, ladies and gentlemen:
I accept the Nobel Prize for
peace at a moment when 22 million
Negroes of the United States of
America are engaged in a creative
battle to end the long night of racial
injustice. I accept this award in
behalf of a civil rights movement
which is moving with determination
and a majestic scorn for risk and
danger to establish a reign of free
dom and a rule of justice.
? 1 am mindful that onjy _yester
w &'y rm i nTBIffTnETSTi "n n r chil
dren, crying out for brotherhood,
were answered with fire hoses,
snarling dogr. and even death. I am ?
mindful that onl^y yesterday in
Philadelphia. Miss., young people
seeking to secure the right to vote
were brutalized and murdered.
= f am that debilitating*
and grinding poverty afflicts my
people and chains them to the low
est rung of the economic ladder.
Therefore; I must ask why this
.prize is awarded to a movement
which is" beleagftred and committed
to unrelenting struggle; to a move
ment which has not won the very
peace and brotherhood which is the
essence of the Nobel Prize.
After contemplation, I con
clude that this award which I
received on behalf of that move
ment is profound recognition that
non-violence is the answer to the
crucial political and moral question
of our time ? the need for man to
overcome oppression and violence
without resorting to violence and
oppression.
Civilization and violence are
antithetical concepts. Negroes of
the United States, following the
people of India, have demonstrated
that non-violence is not sterile pas
sivity, but a powerful moral force
which makes for social transforma
tion . Sooner or later, all the people
of the workd will have to discover a
way to live together in peace, and
thereby transform this pending cos
mic elegy into a creative psalm of
brotherhood.
I accept this award today with
an abiding faith in America and an
audacious faith in the future jpf
mankind. I refuse to accept the idea
that the^Tsne^^fTrrafr^-preseau.-,
nature makes him morally inca
pable of reaching up for the eternal
"oughtness" that forever confronts
l\im. z
I refuse to accept the idea that
man is mere flotsam and je'sam in
the river of life which surrounds
him. I refuse to accept the view tht
mankind is so tragically bound to
the starless midnight of racism and
war that the bright daybreak of
peace and brotherhood can never
become a reality.
- This faith can give us courage
to face the uncertainties of the
future. It will give our tired feet
new strength as we continue our
forward stride toward the city of
freedom. When our days become
dreary with low-hovering clouds .
and our nights become darker than
a thousand midnights, we will know
that we are livmg in the creative
turmoil of a genuine civilization
struggling to be bom.
Today I come to Oslo as a
trustee, inspired and with renewed
dedication to humanity. 1 accept
this prize on behalf of all men who
love peace and brotherhood.
"How Many Mountains Have Ya CliMbEd"
I see a group of boys skippin'
School to hang out on the corner, and
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Within this illusion in my mind,
I see Martin Luther King in
The midst of the boys, and
I can hear him speak:
"Hey, little boys, why aren't you
In school today?" and one
? - Replies with a sharpness, "None
Of your business, old man."
And I see tears swell in his
Eyes as he speaks:
\ "Oh, freedom, a taste so sweet
That we forget the bitter harvest
That sowed tfiTsTiTlli of krrowh
Tell me, little boys.
How many mountains have ya climbed
Because I know for myself I came
Over a many Hills and up out
Of a many valleys, and knowledge
And faith were my wagon wheels.
"How many bloodstains on these
Very sidewalks have been covered
By time, the blood of people with
Dreams just as mine.
"So it is my business, little boys,
Because I and others like me
Gave up all our yesterdays
For your tomorrows. -
"So tell me, little boys, how many
Mountains have ya climbed?
I crossed over a hilltop called
Despair, and there I saw little boys
And girls taunted and killed.
"I crawled up out of a valley called
Sorrow, and at the top I found
Hope of what tomorrow
Would bring.
"So yes, little boys, it is
My business
Because by faith a many a
Mountains I have climbed."
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? The Philosopher of Tomorrow
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Remembering
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Our Children may learn
about heroes vf i i tc puat.
Our task is to make
ourselves architects
of the future." r
Jorno Kenyatta
1 st lYime Minister of Kenya.
Uphold the dream
W Southern
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