The Maroon tiger. (Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia) 19??-current, February 01, 1979, Image 1
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1898 THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION 1979
MAROOn
Vol. 80 No. 7
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
February 1, 1979
Jesse Jackson, President
of People United To
Save Humanity (PUSH)
and former aid~ of Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
will be the keynote
speaker at Morehouse’s
112th Founders Day
Convocation on
February 15, 1979 in the
Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Chapel
Story in next issue of Maroon Tiger.
-Y,
Who’s Got Datbo?
Dealing in the A.U. Center MLK Stamp Issued
By Spike Lee
The Atlanta University Center is
no different from any other cam
pus in the United States as far as
drugs are concerned. It’s no secret
drugs are in use in the AU Center.
Here is what you’ve been waiting
for. An in depth look, up close and
personal at the people who supply
the contraband, your friendly
center.
All of the dealers I talked to are
actually students here in the A.U.
Center. Contrary to popular belief,
dealers are not sinister people who
prey on school yards and trans
form little kids into junkies. You’re
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by Charles E. Mapson
The United States Postal Service
issued the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commemorative stamp on Janu
ary 13, 1979.
In a “First Day of Issue” cerem
ony at the Ebenezer Baptist
Church, William F. Bolger, the
Postmaster Ueneral of the United
States presented Mrs. Coretta
Scott King and other members of
the King family with stamp
albums.
Also receiving albums were
President-Emeritus of Morehouse
College and Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Center for Social
. Change, Benjamin E. Mays; Rev.
Joseph Roberts, the pastor of Ebe
nezer and Dr. Wendell P. Whalum,
chairman of the music department
at Morehouse and director of the
Morehouse College Glee Club.
Spelman
Morehouse
Chorus
Appears At
Lincoln
Center
Photo by Bill May
See story on page 3