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_JANUARY 8, 2000
Area rich in MLK
Holiday Events
Saturday, January 8
@Mt Tabor AM.E. Church of Keysville, Ga. Will hold a pre-Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. observance on Saturday, January 8, begin
ning with a prayer breakfast at 9 a.m. Music will be by the Tender
Sprout Community Church. A march will be held at 11 am. with
the program starting at noon. Guest speaker will be state represen
tative Arnold Ragas. A 70-voice MLK youth choir will be directed
by Deacon Fredrick Prophet. Dinner will be served.
Thursday, January 13
®An annual commemorative luncheon in honor of the late Dr.
King will be held at Fort Gordon on Thursday, January 13, at 11:30
a.m at the Gordon Club on 19" Street. Guest speaker will be Rev.
Dr. Gregory M. Fuller, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in
Augusta. Hosted by the commanding general of Ft. Gordon and the
Greater Augusta Chapter of Blacks in Government, the luncheon
theme will be “Remember, Celebrate, Act-A-Day on Not a Day Off
For luncheon information, call (706) 791-4551 or 791-3600.
Friday, January 14
BThe Medical College of Georgia will co-host a tri-college pro
gram with Paine College and Augusta State University on Friday,
January 14, at noon in the large auditorium in the MCG Auditoria.
Keynote speaker will be Savannah State University President
Carlton E. Brown
Saturday, January 15
®The Augusta Mini Theatre, Inc. will salute Dr. King with the
revised and restaging of “Before and After the Storm” play on
Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15, at ASU’s Grover C.
Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre. January 14 shows will be held
at 1030 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Saturday shows will be held at 3:30 and
8 p.m. General admission will be $7.50 and youth groups of 10 or
more are $5.50 per person. For tickets, contact the Augusta Mini
Theatre, Inc. at (706) 722-0598.
®The Martin Luther King Unity Parade 2000, hosted by the
NAACP, Power 107.7, Kiss 96.3, Augusta Focus and Comcast, will
be held on Saturday, January 15, at 2 p.m. Line up will begin at
noon. Augusta area schools, businesses, churches and community
service organizations are being encouraged to participate. The
parade will focus on bands, floats, marching and walking units.
National and local recording artists will also be encouraged to
participate in the parade.
The parade route will begin at Mills St with the line-up at C.T.
Walker Stadium, behind the school. It will proceed on to Mill St.
outline left onto Wrightsboro Rd., left on to 9" St., turn left onto
Laney-Walker Blvd. toward Lucy Craft Laney High School, left
onto Florence St , then back to Mill St. to disband. Parade entry
fees are $25 for small businesses, $lO for walking units and SSO for
corporate/large businesses. There will be no fees My Scout
units, Girl Scout units or school units. The MLK Unity Parade 2000
promises to be the biggest Martin Luther King parade in the
history of Augusta. For more information, contact Cher Best at
(803) 510-3109 or Minnesota Fattz at (803) 279-1977.
Sunday, January 16
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will perform in Augusta on Sunday, January 16, at the Bell
Auditorium at 4 p.m. This powerful and stirring concert will
feature the Paine College Choir and the Butler High School Choir.
The AAPO fosters an appreciation of contemporary Jazz, classical,
pop and gospel music through its concerts, educational seminars
and vanous school and community service presentations. Proceeds
to benefit the Lucy Craft Laney Museum, Paine College and the
Butler High School Choir. Tickets are S2O and on sale at the Civic
Center box office and all Ticket Master outlets, including all Publix
stores and Home Folks music. To charge by phone, call (706) 828-
7700.
Monday, January 17
®@The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Chi Lambda
Chapter will hold its Third Annual Bro. Dr. Martin Luther Kingdr.
Unity Breakfast on Monday, January 17, at 7:30 am. at the
Sheraton Augusta Hotel. Keynote speaker will be the Honorable
Bob Young, mayor of Augusta-Richmond County. Breakfast price:
sls. For info, call 796-3117. Sponsored by Power 107, Augusta
Focus and Coca-Cola.
®The Augusta area Streams of Service ( AmeriCorps, VISTA and
the Senior Corps) will host a MLK Day of Service Celebration,
highlighting the ideals and teachings of the Rev. Dr. King, on
January 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Council,
535 15" Street. This special day-long event is designed for school
age children (kindergarten through middle school). Activities will
include dance, storytelling, visual arts and more. Pre-registration
1s required and participation is limited to the first 90 children six
vears and up. To pre-register, call 826-4480, ext. 340. Recom
mended admission is a cash donation of $2 - $5 per child, with
proceeds going to flood relief assistance for Senior Corps members
in North Carolina.
®Washington, Ga. Will host a parade and commemorative pro
gram on January 17. The parade will begin at noon, the program
at 5 p.m. at the Historic Springfield Baptist Church. Any church,
cvic, social or other organization that wish to participate should
call Mrs. Ardian Hampton at 678-7632 or Charles Jackson at 678-
4820 for further details.
BThe North Augusta/Belvedere Branch of the NAACP will join
other S.C. NAACP branches for a march on January 17. The “King
Day at the Dome: A Rally for Unity” is to hasten removal of the
Confederate battle flag from atop the state capitol and from within
the House and Senate chambers. Marchers will assemble at the
Zion Baptist Church in Columbia beginning at 9 a. m. and move to
the state capitol for the rally. To register for the march and/or rally
or for more info, call (803) 827-9529 or (803) 754-4584.
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Spring semester starts
January 10, 2000
Residents of Aiken and Edgefield counties receive
in-state tuition waivers
Augusta State University
Savannah State University
president to honor King here
Savannah
State Univer
sity President
Carlton E.
Brown is the
kevynote
speaker at a
birthday cel
ebration hon
oring Dr. Mar
tin Luther
King Jr., Jan
14 at noon in
the large audi
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Dr. Cariton E.
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Medical College of Georgia
Auditona Center.
The annual birthday celebra
tion is hosted by MCG, Paine Col
lege and Augusta State Univer
sity, with the host institution ro
tated among the three schools.
During the program, Dr. Will
-lam A. Bloodworth Jr , president
of ASU, will deliver a commemo
rative litany. Choirs from Paine
College and ASU will perform and
an offering of peace will be taken,
with donations distributed be
tween the Martin Luther King
Center for Nonviolent Social
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Change and the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference,
which carry ori the work begun by
Dr. King. :
This year's speaker became the:
11* president of Savannah State'
University in July 1997 Dr._
Brown, a native of Macon, Ga ,
was vice president for planning’
and dean of the Hampton Univer--
sity Graduate College in Virginia
prior to jointing the administra
tion at Savannah State. He has
served on the faculty of the School
of Education of Old Dominion Uni
versity in Virginia and as dean of
the Hampton University School .
of Education.
Dr. Brown holds a doctorate of .
education in multi-cultural edu
cation from the University of
Massachusetts and a bachelor of
arts degree in English from the
University of Massachusetts at
Ambherst. ‘
During his tenure at Savannah
State, he has helped implement i
an African and African-American .
studies degree program, making
it the first institution in the state
to offer such a degree \