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January 13-19, 2005 Vol. 24, No. 1193
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Powell takes on AIDS in
Africa
On a visit to Africa,
Colin Powell plans to
discuss an end ro the
Sudan fighting and to
address the matter of
the AIDS epidemic.
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Time is on their side
The case of the three
missing civil rights
workers in during the
summer of 1964 in
Mississippi is going to
trial again, with the
indictment of Edgar
Ray Killen, a reputed
Ku Klux Klan member.
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OPINION
What would King do?
If Dr. King were
aljve today, would he
still fight for justice
for all as he did in the
1960'5?
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New play sahutes King
The play, 7he Com
mon Denominator,
shows black youth in
the harsh realities of
criminal lifestyles in
relation to Dr. King's
message.
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What would King say about Iraq?
Beyond Vietnam: A time to break silence
By REV. M. L KING, JR.
4 April 1967
As the nation finds itself
in the grips of war the
likes of which has not been
seen since Viet Nam, the
Augusta Focus feels 1t is
fitting as we observe the
lite of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. that we reflect on
the least well known of
Dr. King’s speeches — one
that clearly outlines his
anti-war sentiment.
What follows is the edit
ed text of a speech deliv
ered by Dr. King on April
4, 1967 at a meeting of
Clergy and Laity Con
cerned about Viet Nam at
Riverside Church in New
Walker and Powell ready to tackle
the Georgia General Assembly
BY JESSICA BA[’T_]S'l.E
Augusta Focus Staff Writer i
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21 state senators sworn in ’ .
Democrats facing an £ o 5
uphill climb in a Republi- R i
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won more than half of the B :
majority vote in last year's Y
senatorial election. Senator ;
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long-standing history in Charles Walker
Georgia politics. Senator : .
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Walker has served on the
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state legislator for 19 years, ¢
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12 of them in the state sen- *
career down the road.
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ty vote over his incumbent dihaote
' optimistic and proud to
opponent, Randy Hall. .
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Senator Walker was also I 5
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bent, Sen. Don Cheeks. & /
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I'm honored,” he said,
smoke has cleared and the .«
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e confident and 3.4 disrice have given me
jet-set” for the next two , yaluable vehicle: their
years as GGeorgia senators. rygr, |am very honored to
I'm in now and I'm have been chosen as the
going to do my job and do senator from that district
what I can to bring some to represent them.”
credibility and try to Powell also says that the
change some things that new senators have a big
are related to the commu- agenda in representing the
nity.” Walker said after the citizens not only from their
swearing in ceremony. FORPRLIYe districts, but
The senator also said that ©¢orgia as a whole. He
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I come to this magnifi
cent house of worship
tonight because my con
science leaves me no
other choice. I join with
you in this meeting
because I am in deepest
agreement with the aims
and work of the organi
zation which has brought
us together: Clergy and
Laymen Concerned
about Vietnam. The
recent statements of your
executive committee are
the sentiments of my
own heart and 1 found
myself in full accord
when I read its opening
lines: “A time comes
when silence is betrayval.”
That time has come for
us in relation to Viet
nam.
The truth of these
words is beyond doubt
but the mission to which
they call us is a most dif
ficult one. Even when
pressed by the demands
of inner truth, men do
not easily assume the
task of opposing their
government’s policy,
especially in time of war.
Nor does the human
spirit move without great
difficulty against all the
apathy of conformist
thought within one's
own bosom and in the
surrounding world.
Moreover when the
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plans to move ahead with a
good attitude.
“I think we got a lot of
things that are going to
come up and we're just
going to move forward to
accomplish our rtasks.”
Powell replied.
Like Walker, Powell also
sees a hopeful future in the
Georgia senate.
“I'm going to explore all
my opportunities and go
from there.” he said.
And to send the novice
and returning senators into
session, Pastor Cam Hux
ford, senior pastor of
Savannah Christian
Church, welcomed and
congratulated the senators
on their victories.
“If there was ever a time
that America and Georgia
needed to look to her lead
ers and know that they are
being led, blessed and pro
tected by God, boy this it,”
Huxford said.
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issues at hand seem as
perplexed as they often
do in the case of this
dreadful conflict we are
always on the verge of
being mesmerized by
uncertainty; but we must
move on.
Some of us who have
already begun to break
the silence of the night
have found that the call
ing to speak is often a
vocation of agony, but
we must speak. We must
speak with all the humil
ity that is appropriate to
our limited vision, but
we must speak. And we
must rejoice as well, for
surely this is the first
time in our nation’s his-
Rev. Rivers to address
Augusta NAACP Freedom
Fund Banquet
The Augusta Branch of
the NAACP will host its
14th Annual Martin
Luther King Freedom
Fund Banquet on Mon
day, January 17, at the
Augusta Towers, 2651
Perimeter Parkway, 7
p.m., in observance of
the Martin Luther King,
Jr., holiday.
The event is seen as a
key tool in the civil
rights organization’s
efforts to promote an
American society in
which all individuals
have equal rights. This
includes full economic
inclusion and no hatred
or discrimination based
on race, gender, religion,
or national origin.
The keynote speaker
this year is Rev. Dr. Nel
son B. Rivers, 111, Chief
Operating Officer,
NAACP, Baltimore,
Maryland, and a poten
tial front runner as the
new head of the national
NAACP following the
recent resignation of
Kwesi Mfume.
Rev. Rivers, the eldest
child of Merelyn and the
late Nelson Rivers, Jr.,
was born in the small
farming community of
Bennett’s Point, South
Carolina and grew up in
nearby Charleston. He
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tory that a significant
number of its religious
leaders have chosen to
move beyond the proph
esying of smooth patriot
ism to the high grounds
of a firm dissent based
upon the mandates of
conscience and the read
ing of history. Perhaps a
fiewW gpint &5 rising
among us. If it is, let us
trace its movement well
and pray that our own
inner being may be sen
sitive to its guidance, for
we are deeply in need of
a new way beyond the
darkness that seems so
close around us.
See Vietnam, page 12A
is married to the former
Carolyn Smalls of
Charleston; has four
children: Sonni Ali,
Dana, Carin and Jamila;
one grandson, Sonni Ali
and one grand daughter,
Eve Alexandria Adia and
a son-in-law, Benjamin
Henderson.
He finished the
Charleston public
schools, received his
bachelors degree in Mar
keting and Business Law
at the Citadel. He is
currently pursuing a
Master of Arts in Theol
ogy Degree at Reformed
Theological Seminary of
Charlotte, North Caroli
na.
The highest that a
child of God can receive
is God’s call to preach
His gospel and lead His
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Rev. Dr. Neison B. Rivers, Ili
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