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MILK III: Mobilize around love ethic in ’9B
BAugustans gather to
hear the son of Martin
Luther King Jr. deliver
message of unity and
awareness.
By Mark Oliphart
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
“If we are to seek solutions to
our everyday problems within the
African American community, we
must first adopt a love ethic,”
Martin Luther King 111 told a
crowd of some 200 people who had
assembled at the African-Ameri
can Summit '9B held January 3 at
Tabernacle Baptist Church.
“Thisis the same philosophy my
father carried in his work. Noth
ing can be resolved in our com
munity without it.”
This was King’s second visit to
the CSRA and in both visits he
carried this crusade through the
church pulpit, which he believes
needs to be uplifted as the foun
dation for the modern struggle.
“Our struggle has always be
gun in the church and must re
main rooted within the church,”
King said. But of necessity, the
struggle must be carried beyond
the walls of the church or temple,
he added. King stressed the need
to engage in dialogue on perti
nent issues such as injustice,
housing and economic empower
ment.”
Kingamused the crowd by sug
gesting he was somewhat of an
oddity in his family because he
was not a member of the clergy.
“Though my great-grandfather
was aminister as were my grand
father, father, uncle, cousins (in
cluding Rev. Vernon King ,
fermer-pastor -of Spirit Creek-
Baptist Church in_Hephzibah)
and of course my sister, in the
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On April 3 -5, 1998, individuals
of goodwill from all walks of life
and all parts of the world
will reconvene in Memphis
to remember the man,
to reflect on the message,
and to recommit to the
ideals which remain pivotal
in our ongoing fight for
individual rights.
Three Ways. Three Days.
April 3,4, 5, 1998 - Memphis, Tennessee
To register or for more information, call The Commemorative Commission Connecting Community
at 901-527-7277, or write to the CCCC at PO. Box 3050, Memphis, TN 38173-3050.
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Martin Luther King Il at the African-American summit.
Photo by Jimmy Carter
message I bring to you, I will
give an illegitimate sermon!”
King urged the local African-
American community to reach
back to three principles of com
munity traditionally embraced
by our ancestors.
“Our ancestors who arrived
from African nations such as
Senegal, Cameroon, the Ivory
Coast and Ghana maintained
principles of reverence for God,
sharing wisdom and knowledge,
and adopting a universal holistic
approach to life,” says King. “If
I represent anything, I stand on
the shoulders of our ancestors
and even my elders who had a
hand in raising me.”
Another urgent need for the
survival of the African American
community;-King says “te-what
he called “saving the-child.” He
believes the need for more disci
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pline of children at home is a
sure way of protecting African
American youth from the mod
ern bondage of the criminal jus
tice system.
The former Fulton County (At
lanta) commissioner calls the pe
nal system “one of the biggest
businesses existing in America”
where more African American
children, mostly males, end up
through their adult life than in
higher educational institution.
“Prison warehouses our young
people rather than rehabilitates
them,” says King. “Last year,
the state of Texas spend more
than two billion dollars in build
ing prisons. In Atlanta, prisons
continue tobe overcrowded. Our
community that was once cen
tered around academic scholar
ship is neweentered around peni
tentiary scholarship.”
music honoring Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. While
through participation and
respect — and the promise
to do more as individuals
and as a society — we aim
to achieve the ultimate
dream. Equality.
Parents must do their part to
stem this tide, King said. “Many
of our young parents aren’t
parenting. Our children are
raised by a culture, mainly
‘ganstarap.’ Though this doesn’t
apply to all rap artists, we en
zourage all of our artists in the
music industry to use more posi
tive lyric in their material.”
King spoke affectionately of the
“1960 s internet” where news
traveled in the community so
fast that a child who misbehaved
rarely escaped detection and
punishment. The values he
learned as a child have enabled
him to achieve what measure of
success he has had. The tragedy
that surrounded his famous par
ents and grandparents was a
source of strength for his family.
“In 1968, I was only 10 years
old,” says King. “I lost the most
important man in my life. He
didn’t live to see my age of 40,
but he achieved more in his short
life than most could in four life
times! When I was 16, I lost my
grandmother to an assassin’s
bullet one Sunday morning at
Ebenezer Baptist Church while
playing and organ. In the midst
of these tragedies, my grandfa
ther Daddy King once said he
refused to let anyone reduce him
to hatred no matter what they
did and that he loved everyone,”
he said.
“My grandfather later visited
my grandmother’s assassin in
prison. He asked the man why
he killed his wife. The man re
sponded saying he would kill him
too once he got out of prison! My
grandfather told him ‘I will be
BSCLC chapter for Augusta area: Martin Luther King 111 promises to
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praying for you.’ So from these
experiences, I had to learn how
to love because we’re all God’s
children,” King said.
Blacks must be more attentive
to economic issues, King urged.
African Americans spend ap
proximately SSOO billion annu
ally, but it is major corporations
such as Coca Cola and Nike that
profit most.
Georgia House Bill 99, affir
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dressed by King during the sum
mit. Most of these are expected
to be among the items on the
agenda during his inaugural
term as president of the SCLC.
Brian Wilson Sr., president of
the CSRA African American As
sociation, stressed the impor
tance of King’s visit. “We believe
that bringing young leaders such
as Martin Luther King 111 or
dJesse Jackson Jr. would give our
endeavors the push they need,”
Wilson said. “We wanted ayoung
leader of national prominence
who could gear toward the 18 to
40 years of age who are
trendsettersin our community.”
King assumes office as presi
dent of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference on
Wednesday, January 15, his
father’s birthday.
The event was sponsored by
The Black Chamber of Com
merce of Augusta, Foxie 103/
100.9 FM, WTHB-AM Gospel
Alive and The Rise newspaper/
magazine.
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