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Severe Weather On Tuesday Delays Newspaper Story on Page 3 Make January 15 A National Holiday The Maroon Tiger “The Voice Of Freedom” Vol. 81 Number 12 Morehouse College January 15, 1982 The Non-Violent Struggle Continues Edition Dedicated ToMLKJr. by Samuel Bacote III Associate Editor The Maroon Tiger dedicates this edi tion to Morehouse’s most illustrious graduate, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ’48, who was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Morehouse has yet to turn out a man as great as King. Born in 1929 in Atlanta he was a third generation Morehouse man. His father and grand father having gone before him during the formative years of the institution. After graduation from Morehouse, King attended Crozer Seminary where he was the first black elected student body president and Boston University where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1955. Upon completing those studies he accepted the pastorate of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. There King led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56) brought on chiefly by the Rosa Parks incident. This was an organized effort to fight segregation in the bus service. Peaceful, non-violent policies were instituted by Dr. King. His policies were so representative of Christian brotherhood that it led to his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Dr. King’s leadership gained steadily from year to year. The Freedom Rides in 1961. The SCLA Citizenship Program in 1962. The Birmingham Movement and March on Washington in 1963. In 1968 Dr. King took his leadership to Memphis to help the striking garbage collectors. He was killed by a sniper’s bullet on the eve of the second demonstration. Because of the courage and will Dr. King displayed throughout his life, the Maroon Tiger salutes him. What About The Struggle? By Wendell Williams Editorial Editor At about this time each year the campaign to make January 15 a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. intensifies. Many of us obviously feel that we can best honor him in this manner. Indeed, getting-his birthday declared a national holiday would be a fitting tribute to a man who gave his life so that his people could walk with a bit more dignity and pride. I contend/however, that we can best honor him by continuing the struggle for civil rights and social justice in America. Too often we get carried away with the man and at the same time, forget his message. Dr. King (the man) is dead, but he left us with a struggle and movement which are more important thanhis mortal passing. \ man dies, but his message lives on and HOPEFULLY serves as a source of inspiration and guidance for those he leaves behind. In the nearly fourteen years since his tragic death, many of the gains of the Civil Rights Movement have been slowly but surely eroaded away. I am afraid that it is tragicly true to conclude that a lot of the intensity of the struggle died with Dr. King. In view of this, it seems to me that we should be about the business of reintensifying our efforts towards the struggle. Continued on Pg. 2 Martin Luther King International Chapel (Public Relations) King Chapel Name And Mission Expanded WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Board of Trustees voted un animously in December, 1981, to expand the mission of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Chapel. Dr. Hugh M. Gloster, President of Morehouse, recommended that the name of the Chapel be modified to reflect this broadened focus of the Chapel's ecumenical programs. Gloster said, he “had a dream of a Chapel where we could help to solve the problems of our people and our world.” From now on ■ the 2,501 seat mutli-purpose Chapel will be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Memorial Chapel. King International Chapel was dedicated in 1978 by Ambassador Andrew Young, Mayor of Atlanta. Gloster indicated that the idea to alter the Chapel’s name originated with Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter. Dr. Carter, who is in his third year as the first Dean of King International Chapel, holds a Ph.D. degree in Pastoral Counseling from Boston Univer sity where he served as Executive Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Center and Association Continued on Pg. 6