Thursday, January 13, 1994 Winston-Salem Chronicle MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPECIAL EDITION Page 13
Coretta Scott King , widow of Dr. Martin Luther J J
King, right, chairperson of ther MLK Jr. Federal J ?
Holiday Commission, and Attorney General Jj
Janet Reno takes part in a luncheon in ?J
Washhgton Monday Jan . 10. Reno was the\\
keynote speaker at the luncheon which honored I*
the Turner Broacasting System; The Seattle* J
Times; The Shell Oil Co. Foundation; and\\
Grand Haven, Mich., High School for their\ ?
efforts on behalf of the King Federal Holiday. j{
Coretta King Asks All Adversaries to Halt Violence on MLK Day
ATLANTA (AP) ? The wife of
siain civil rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr. is appealing for a
worldwide halj; to, violence on Jan.
17, the federal holiday honoring her
husband.
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We 3Te asking adversaries
who are engaged in personal as we44
as political conflicts to honor Martin
Luther King Jr. on this day by
reaching out to each other." Coretta
Scott Kipg said Friday. *
She made her appeal the same
-day that the Rev. Jesse Jackson con
vened an anti-violence conference in
Washington to arrive at solutions for
a rising crime rate among black
Americans.
King was assassinated April 4,
1968. in~Memphis. Tenn.
Mrs. King, outlining plans for
Atlanta's annual 10-day observance
of the holiday, also suggested that
people devote the day to serving
humanity with such activities as
feeding a hungry family or collect
ing food and medical supplies for
Bosnia. J * ?
The main event is the Jan. 17
"State of the Dream" speech by
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Mrs: King at Ehenezer Baptist**
Church, where King and his father
preached.
The federal holiday commemo-?};
rates the birthday of King, who wasjj'
bom on Jan. 15. 1929. jj
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-Upeoming King Celebration
To Focus on Avers Case j
WEST POINT ; Miss. (AP) ?
West Point's upcoming Martin
Luther King Day celebration will
place special emphasis on
Mississippi's upcoming college
desegregation case. ?
The lawsuit, filed in 1975 by
Jake Ayers Sr. on behalf of his son
and more than 20 other students,
charges that Mississippi's institu
tions of higher leJfWfng are unfairly
funded, giving predominantly
white universities more money than
historically black universities.
U.S. District Judge Neal
Biggers is set to hear Ayers vs.
Fordice Feb. I.
"Where do we go from here?"
is the theme^of the Jan. 17 celebra
tion.
King's life will begin with a convo
cation at' 10:30 a.m. at Mary
Holmes n. College s Sage
Gymnasium, followed by a march
from the campu? to Davidson
Chapel CME Church on Martin
Luther King Drive. Attorney Alvin
Chambliss, lead plaintiffs' counsel
of the Avers case, will speak at the
church at 1 p.m.
Education is vital to the
growth of persons of all races and
is playing a large role in this year's
celebration, said Ken Stamps;, a
West Point legal consultant and
member of the West Point MLK
Holiday Committee.
A speech Kiqg gave to a
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference on equity in funding
Stamps said the committee couldn't
have found a more up-to-the
minute way of applying King's
philosophy.
During the Civil Rights strug
gle of the 1960s, "disparity existed
in education primarily irl the South
but all over the country, " Stamps
said. *xThere were numerous
inequities in appropriating money
and there was waste in ruhning two
school systems, with differences in
the amounts spent per pupil, on
black students and white students.
This was what Dr. King was speak
ing about,
"Ayers has been a long time
coming, especially when you think
of all the years there was a dual
system of education in
? Mississippi/' he-&akk
"D
ur children
may learn about
heroes of the past .
Our task is to make
ourselves architects
wu uiv^i li
of the future/^
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ist Prime Minister of Kenya
Uphold the dream . . .
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Outstanding Alumnus of Morehouse College
World-Famous Leader of the Non-Violent Movement
Distinguished Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
There is nothing in all the world greater than
freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth losing a job
for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a
free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in
abject poverty with my convictions than live in
inordinate riches with the lack of self-respect.'*
Taken front I hmv a Dream
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We salute Fellow Alumnus Rev. /Dr. Martin Luther King+ -
Mr. J. Fred Acree"
Mr. John E. Allen"
Mr. Leroy Anderson, Jr."
Atty. L. Todd Burke"9
Mr. Gregory T. Burrell"0
Mr. William H. Cain. Ill"
Atty. Willie L. Clark, Jr.
Dr. Luritz C. Creque4'
Dr. Edward L. Davis
Mi. L. Duaue Dayir
Rev. Jerry A. Drayton
Mr. I. Monroe Falls"7
Mr. Craig Marberry"
Mr. Joseph Scott
Mr. George Simmons **
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act;
it is a permanent attitude. / /
- Dr. Martin Luther Kinq, Jr.
It Is 1994.
Let Freedom Ring.
BELK IN THE TRIAD SALUTES HIS MEMORY AND HIS DREAMS.
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