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THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION Issue 7 Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia May Edition, 1968 Dr. Mays Delivers the Eulogy EULOGY PUTS BLAME FOR KING'S DEATH ON AMERICAN PEOPLE Dr. Benjamin Mays, president emeritus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., gave the eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the funeral. In it, he asserted that the American people were in part responsible for Dr. King’s death. Following are excerpts from the eulogy delivered on the Morehouse Campus: “... God called the grandson of a slave on his father’s side and the grandson of a man born during the Civil War on his mother’s side and said to him ‘Martin Luther, speak to America about war and peace. Speak to America about social justice and racial discrimination. Speak to America about its obligation to the poor and speak to America about nonviolence!’ “. . . I make bold to assert that it took more courage for Martin Luther to practice nonviolence than it took his assassin to fire the fatal shot. The assassin is a coward. He committed his dastardly deed and fled. When Martin Luther disobeyed an unjust law, he suffered the consequences of his action. Dr. King never ran away and he never begged for mercy. “... This man was supra-race, supra-nation, supra-demonimation, supra-class and supra-cul- ture. He belonged to the world and to man kind. Now he belongs to posterity. “. . . We all pray that the assassin will be apprehended and brought to justice. But make no mistake; the American people are in part responsible for Martin Luther King’s death. The assassin heard enough condemnation of King and Negroes to feel that he had public support. He knew that there were millions of people in the United States who wished that King was dead. He had support. The Memphis officials must bear some of the guilt for Martin Luther King’s assassination. “. . . We, too, are guilty of murder. It is a time for the American people to repent and make democracy equally applicable to all Americans.” 200,000 Pay Final Tribute To DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. “I’VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the grandson of a slave who lived to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner only to die by violence was laid to rest in his native Georgia Tuesday. Between 150,000 and 200,000, according to police estimates, took part in the dramatic, solemn and highly emotional march and services for King, who was slain at 39 by an assassin in Memphis Thursday. King’s body was drawn across Atlanta in an old farm wagon by two mules. A host of dignitaries, including Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Sen. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Sen. and Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, former Vice President Richard Nixon, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Gov. George Romney, and scores of other senators, representatives, as well as notables of religion, the civil rights movement and show business were in Atlanta for the day of grief and memories. The day began with a late morning service at Dr. King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, continued with the march of 4.3 miles to the Morehouse College campus, where an open-air service was held. The day was nearing its end when King’s body was lowered into a Georgia marble mausoleum in South View Cemetery on a grassy slope within sight of Jonesboro Road. The services and march were orderly, but some persons did succumb to the 80-degree heat. The marchers sang such songs as “We Shall Overcome” and “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More,” but when the marchers neared the Morehouse campus, they became silent. (Continued on Page 7) Mahalia Jackson weeps as she sings, "Precious Lord.." Early Arrivals TWO GREAT MEN: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays The Morehouse College Glee Club Directed by Dr. Wendell P. Whalum The Heat, The Grief and A Common Sharing of Tragedy