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MLK biographical sketch
by Robert Bell
Martin Luther King, Jr.
whose name is synonymous
with nonviolence as a means of
achieving civil rights for Blacks
in America, was born in
Atlanta, Georgia on January
15, 1929, He is the son of a
Baptist minister and a
former school teacher.
King graduated from Booker
T. Washington High School at
the age of fifteen. In 1944, he
entered Morehouse College, his
father’s alma mater. King was
influenced by the school’s
president, Benjamin Mays, and
his philosophy instructor to
become a minister. While still
an undergraduate at
Morehouse, King was ordained
and named assistant pastor of
his father’s church, Ebenezer
Baptist.
Following graduation from
Morehouse in 1948 with an
A.B. degree, King enrolled in
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Stephanie Mack, 17, was
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A senior at Glenn Hills High
School, she is very interested in
music, although she wants to
become a pediatrician.
Stephanie was selected for the
district all-state chorus. She
takes vocal lessons from Mr.
James Conner, choral director
at Augusta College. She is a
member of Glenn Hill’s Senior
Choir and a member of the
youth choir at Williams
Memorial C.M.E. Church.
A participant in the
Upward Bound program at
Paine College, she attended the
1973 minority student
program at the Medical College
of Georgia. She is also a
member of the Debutante
Club.
She is the daughter of Mr.
an j*Mrs. Dave Mack of 147
Golden Avenue.
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Crozer Theological Seminary,
Chester, Pennsylvania, from
which he received a B.D.
degree in 1951. However, while
at Crozer, he won the Plafker
Award as outstanding student
and the J. Lewis Crozer
Fellowship for graduate study.
He used his fellowship to
attend Boston University,
which granted him a Ph.D.
degree in Systematic Theology
in June 1955.
While writing his
dissertation, King became
pastor of the Dexter Avenue
Baptist Church, Montgomery,
Alabama. It was here, on
December 1, 1955, that the
arrest of Mrs. Rosa Parks,
because she had refused to give
up her seat on a bus to a white
person, sparked a city-wide bus
boycott by Blacks. The
Montgomery Improvement
Association, which was
Josey’s Shirley Chisolm Honor
Society Chapter Elects Officers
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and Faye Attaway, assistant secretary.
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organized and presided over by
King, directed the boycott for
three hundred and eighty-two
days. On December 21, 1956,
Blacks and whites rode
together in Montgomery
unsegregated for the first time,
because an earlier decision
outlawing Alabama laws
requiring segregation on buses
was upheld by the United
States Supreme Court.
From 1956 to 1968, King
traveled thousands of miles and
made hundreds of speeches.
[He was a key figure in the
Black protest movement.] The
Montgomery victory had shot
him into national prominence.
From Montgomery to
Memphis, King received
hundreds of awards and
citations. He received TIME
Magazine Man of the Year
Award (1963) and won the
Nobel Peace Prize (1964).
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Although a key figure in the
Black protest movement, he
found time to write STRIDE
TOWARD FREEDOM (1958),
STRENGTH TO LOVE
(1963), WHY WE CAN’T
WAIT (1964), and WHERE DO
WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS
OR COMMUNITY? (1969).
In March, 1968, King went
to Memphis to help the city’s
striking garbage men. He was
also in the midst of planning a
Poor People’s March on
Washington. However, on April
4, 1968, in Memphis, Martin
Luther King was assassinated.
Since his death, streets,
buildings, and schools have
been named or renamed for
him, plus many scholarships
have been established in his
name. And recently Gov.
Carter has decided to hang his
portrait in the State Capitol at
Atlanta.
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QUESTION: What course of
action, if any, do you think
Blacks should take to have
Martin Luther King’s birthday
declared a legal national
holiday?
John Ruffin, 11th Street:
Since the Governor has seen
fit to have Dr. King’s picture
hung in the state capitol, I
think a request should be made
to the Governor of the state to
use his influence nationally to
have Dr. King’s birthday
declared a national holiday.
Also, 1 think Blacks should
contact their congressmen with
a similar request.
Finally, 1 think an exemplar
type living-on the part of Black
citizens-will do much to
convince national leaders that
we are serious.
Gwendolyn Cummings
1715 Plank Rd.. N.A., S.C.
Well, 1 have heard it said
that we should just remain
home from work on Dr. King’s
birthday; however, I don’t
wholeheartedly agree with that
proposal because all workers
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Local Future Homemakers of America volunteers
from A.R. Johnson Junior High School and Mrs. Lucy
0. Williams, president of the Community Clothing
I Center, and Mrs. Thomas T. Dicks, Sr., vice-president,
look at some finished dresses, as well as some new
material that soon will be made into attractive large size
garments for sale at the Center.
These students requested this sewing project of
involvement with Augusta church women who operate
the Center as an effort to relieve clothing inadequacy in
Richmond County.
(L-R) Darlene Burden, Mrs. Lucy 0. Williams, Ardie
Godbee, Elaine Walton, Mrs. Thomas T. Dicks, Sr.,
Michelle Fields, Cassandra McDaniel, and Sandra
Bussey.
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do not have the same options
and this approach might
present serious complications
to those who need whatever
jobs they have.
Nevertheless, a forcible
approach to employers might
convince them that we are
serious.
Dr. L.H. Pitts
President of Paine College
1 think a little research
should be done to discover the
correct procedure in getting
Dr. King’s birthday declared a
national holiday and once the
procedure is found, we’ll heed
to develop strategy to make
contact with the proper persons
and get them to use their
influence to get the bill before
Congress. Indeed, 1 think we
can make excellent use of the
coming local, state, and
national elections.
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State Rep. R.A. Dent:
Well, we are working on it in
the General Assembly now. We
have been working for the past
two years to get his birthday
declared a state holiday.
The course of action 1 would
suggest is, first, if you want it
declared a city holiday, contact
all the city elective officials
including the mayor. Then
contact all the county elective
officials and tell them what
you want. Secondly, 1 would
suggest the same course of
action on the state level;
thirdly, I would suggest writing
your national elective
representative.
Yet, I predict that within
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the next two years, Dr. King’s
birthday will be a legal holiday.
I am basing my decisions on the
more liberal minds of the
Assembly. Things are getting
better. I remember when we
first tried, some of the whites
walked out. Futhermore, the
move by Gov. Carter the other
day was a step in the right
direction.
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In order to make this an
issue for Congress, I think that
Blacks should take the
necessary steps and bring
political pressure on their local.
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state, and national elected
representatives.
The events of this generation
have changed considerably for
the better, as a result of his
sincere fight for equality.
Willie Ross
Daley’s Men’s Wear:
Well, to be perfectly honest
about the matter. 1 am tired of
this talk about Dr. King’s
birthday becoming a holiday.
Because if we as Blacks were
really sincere about getting Dr.
King’s birthday declared a legal
holiday, we could. First, we
could look at the man himself
and use some of his tactics.
Secondly, we could start a
national movement by flooding
our representatives with letters,
to this effect. Thirdly, we fail
to realize that this issue could
be what Black America is
looking for, in that, we need to
unite as a people and Dr.
King's birthday could be the
“stepping stone” to bring
about this unity.
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