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Tuesday, January 20, 1998
jUNC banquet begins
week of King events
BY ASHLEY STEPHENSON
, ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Action is necessary to realize the
- dreams of Martin Luther King Jr., said
Valeria Lynch Lee, the keynote speaker
at the kickoff banquet for Martin Luther
"King Jr. Week.
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"King’s dreams meant taking action.
“We still need to ask the question,
‘Are we still dreaming, or is it time to
wake up?’ ” Lee said. “The dream is still
. elusive. There are many, too many,
dream killers.”
Unemployment, unwanted pregnan
! cy, drugs and violence were killing
: King’s dreams for America, Lee said.
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“Can we change the time and
become the dream-makers?” Lee said.
“I believe we can and will dp so. (King)
said to open doors of opportunity.”
Chancellor Michael Hooker also
spoke at the banquet and focused heav
ily on affirmative action in his speech.
“The (opponents of affirmative
action) have appropriated the words of
Dr. King against affirmative action,”
Hooker said.
Affirmative action opponents did not
understand the reason affirmative action
existed, Hooker said. “(The first reason)
is to right the wrongs of historic patterns
of discrimination,” he said.
Lee said action was necessary to
bring about the changes King wanted.
“Each of us has the responsibility to
stay true to this mission,” Lee said. “We
will prevail because our need for
progress is stronger than the ignorance
that surrounds us.
“Somebody is calling your name to
love. Wake up, America. Wake up,
North Carolina; wake up, Chapel Hill.”
Laura Stoehr contributed to this article.
for several years, I was interested in
becoming a voting voice.”
Bateman said she was excited about
her selection and looked forward to her
two-year term on the council.
“I think what I bring to the council is
an independent voice and a viewpoint
that is open to all positions,” she said. “I
am not aligned with either of the two
‘sides’ that the press and public perceive
on the council.”
Following the the council’s Saturday
retreat in which they reviewed their pri
orities for the year, Bateman said she
was surprised at the volume of work the
council had on its agenda.
“Our next task is to streamline and
prioritize what we want to do,” she said.
“I don’t think it’s humanly possible to
do a good job in all of those in a year.”
MARTIN LUTHER KIN 6 JR. DAY
DTH/PATTIE KEOCHSEN
Valeria Lynch Lee delivers the 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Banquet address Sunday evening, titled "Remember, Celebrate and Act."
MLK DAY
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ance before the committee was the orga
nization’s latest move since filing a
grievance against UNC in August.
Maria Palmer, pastor of Iglesia
Unida who spoke on behalf of the
Latino community, said the people of
Chapel Hill and Canboro should follow
King’s example of dedication. “King
could have said, ‘l’m busy, I don’t have
time to do this’,” she said. “Some of us
think we don’t have time, but we have to
fight and follow his example.”
The Rev. Robert Cambell, pastor of
Faith Tabernacle Oasis Church in
Chapel Hill, said the large turnout on
such a cold day was reassuring. “I look
around this room and I see Orange
County has a lot of friends,” he said.
Cambell said more action should be
taken to ensure that all residents in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro have equal
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pie of social injustice. “When I look out
into the woods 220 yards away and see
anew subdivision with city water being
built, and when I see a private road
being built for the rich to use, I don’t
wonder who has money I wonder
who is deciding to spend it this way.”
Cambell said the way to right these
injustices was through community
action. “I ask you to come together and
put pressure on the politicians to make
the Rogers Road and other areas the best
they can be.”
Frederick Yatbough, a fourth-grader
at Glenwood Elementary, said he did
not mind missing out on playing in the
snow to hear the speakers talk about
King. “(King) did a lot to change the
laws,” Yaibough said. “Back in the old
days you couldn’t just sit down any
where you wanted on the bus.”
But showing up for the rally was not
enough to help fight social injustice,
Cambell said. “I come to ask you to
change locations in the dream,” he said.
“Instead of being a passenger in the
dream, become the driver.”
Black leaders request
day of cultural sharing
■ The New York Stock
Exchange observed the
holiday for the first time.
BY ANNE CORBETT
STAFF WRITER
Black leaders urged people to use
Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day to
help people work past their differences
despite the history of opposition that
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holiday in the
past.
“I think
we’ve made a
great deal of
progress, but
when Martin
Luther King (Jr.) was assassinated back
in 1968 we had a very long way to go,”
said Ange-Marie Hancock, publicist for
the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural
Center.
Some states and institutions initially
declined to observe Martin Luther King
Jr. Day, said G.I. Allison, president of
the north Orange County branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Hancock said resistance to the holi
day had been declining in recent years.
“We’ve finally got banks and schools
to recognize this day,” she said. “I think
we’ve finally cleared the last hurdle this
year. Both the New York Stock
Exchange and the NASDAQ will be
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Tuesday
3:15 p.m. The University Counseling
Center in Nash Hall will conduct a career
clinic to help students develop a plan of
action for selecting a major or career.
5 p.m. The Student Environmental
Action Coalition will have its first meeting
of the semester in Union 206.
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an “International TA Support Group,” a dis
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3:30 p.m. in Union 226. To register, call 966-
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holiday.”
However, Vanderbilt University is
one institution that does not observe
Martin Luther King Jr. Day by cancel
ing classes.
“We have about two dozen different
activities honoring Martin Luther King,
(Jr.) starting last week and continuing
through this week, but we do have class
es,” said Lou Harris, an information
officer for Vandeibilt. “Employees can
choose to either take this day off or
another holiday such as Presidents’
Day,” he said.
Allison said it was important to use
the day as a time to come together to
discuss race relations rather than becom
ing preoccupied in debating how to
observe it.
“It is a time for us to lay aside our dif
ferences,” he said. “Dr. King believed in
civil rights for all people, not just blacks.
That is something that is often times lost
in the minds of both blacks and whites.”
Allison said celebrating events such
as Martin Luther King Jr. Day would
help people learn to live and work
together.
“If we get together often enough, it
will become a way of life to live and
work together,” he said.
Allison urged people to remember
that the nature of King’s message was a
peaceful one.
“He was a peaceful civil rights leader.
He did not believe in inciting riots. His
message also taught people to live
through difficult times.”
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