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MARTIN LUTHER KING 111 - A MAN IN
HIS OWN RIGHT At the King Center’s
Marty King
Non-violence as relevant as ever
by Kaethe George
Martin Luther King 111
not only carries the name of
his famous father, but he
shares his dream and strict
adherence to the philosophy
of non-violence. He is on
the Board of Directors of
the Martin Luther King
Center for Social Change.
“Most of the problems
we are experiencing as a
race can be attributed to
one or more of the
following: poverty, racism
and violence,” said King,
who has served on the
board for the Center since
he was 18. “We have seen,
through my father’s work,
just how much can be ac
complished through non
violent means.”
Marty King, who coor
dinates the Center’s fun
draising drive, feels that the
principle of nonviolence has
as much relevance to the
recent plight of black
people as it did 20 years ago
during the Civil Rights
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Movement. “It is amazing
just how many people still
feel very closely associated
with my father’s
philosophy, even after 15
years,” King stated. “I
think this has a lot to do
with the universal proper
ties of Dad’s teachings.
People just naturally
respond to it.”
Dorothy Cotton, vice
president of Field
Operations for the Center
also believes that the tenets
of nonviolence can be ap
plied to solve many
problems. “The country’s
present economic structure
is a type of ‘violence’ to
people. We also see violence
in our educational system,
the discipline problem and
the far-reaching effects of
illiteracy. Because of this,
the major issue has got to
be nonviolence and its ap
plication.”
As coordinator for the
Center’s Field Operations,
Mrs. Cotton had the
Brutus
fighting, literary giant’s
right to remain in America
and live!
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Freedom Hall Complex, Martin Luther King 111
talks with his mother, Coretta Scott King.
responsibility of spreading
the mission of the King
Center around the country
and the world. “We are
establishing a network with
existing organizations, like
the NAACP and SCLC.
They will form a support
base for the Center.” Ac
tually any group, sorority
or organization can be a
part of this network.
The center, located in the
preodminately Black
(Southeast) Atlanta area, is
part of the Martin Luther
King Historic District: a
Nationally designated Lan
dmark. The Freedom Hall
Complex, dedicated at the
recent 14th Annual Dr.
King Celebration in Atlan
ta, is an arm of the Center
and houses 10 program in
stitutues. The Institute on
Nonviolence, The King
Labor Institute and the
King Youth Policy Institute
are among the areas located
in the complex. As
described by a recent press
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archives building and a
Conference/cultural center
with a 250 seat auditorium,
screening room, meeting
facilities, gift shop and
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“We conduct seminars
and training programs on a
consistent basis,” King ad
ded. “We train individuals
who have a ‘constituent
base’ so they bring back to
their community what they
have learned, and be able to
make a difference.” In
struction is given, according
to King by “professional
advocates of nonviolence,”
people with extensive ex
perience or training in the
development of nonviolen
ce. “Issues such as the
voting rights act and the
plight of black colleges are
some of the areas the King
Center will pursue,” King
stated.
SCLC memorializes Dr. King
ATLANTA SCLC
celebrates its 25th (Silver)
Anniversary this year with
three major national events:
the Carrollton to Selma to
Montgomery Pilgrimmage
which climaxed in Mon
tgomery Feb. 18 and will
continue up the east coast
to the nation’s capitol; the
Martin Luther King,
Memorial Weekend
scheduled for April 2-4, in
Atlanta, and the 25th An
nual “Homecoming” Con
vention scheduled for
August 10-13, in Bir
mingham.
The April 2-4 Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial
Weekend will feature
several major workshops
focusing on the black male
child. According to SCLC
President Joseph E. Lowery
the young black male is in a
state of crisis.
Faced with a 42.3%
unemployment rate for
black teenagers, a high
Lowery heads leadership forum
ATLANTA, GA—The
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery,
National President of the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference has been
elected chairman of the
Black Leadership Forum,
an association of the heads
of 16 national Black
organizations. Lowery is a
charter member of the
group, convened in 1977 by
Vernon Hordan, who ser
ved as first President of the
group.
Lowery, who recently led
a 170 mile Voting Rights
Pilgrimmage in Alabama,
was elected at the Black
Leadership Forum meeting
in Washington, D.C. Mar
ch 16. He succeeds Dr. Ben
jamin Hooks, executive
director of the NAACP
who has served as chairman
for the past two years.
Lowery said that “the
crisis in unemployment and
the assault on basic rights
and gains demand more in
tensive and cooperative ef
forts by black
organizations. ” The activist
PRESIDENT OF SCLC
said he hopes to see the
black Leadership Forum
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homicide rate, a high rate
of incarceration, and no
exposure to the work ethic,
the black male faces extin
ction in coming generations
if the trend of elimination is
not reversed soon.
Lowery cited the con
spicuous absence of black
males on college campuses
and the conspicuous
presence of black males in
penitentiaries across the
nation as major indicators
of this crisis which will be
addressed at the workshops
during the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial
Weekend.
Two of the workshops
will deal with the critical
issue of unemployment
among Black male youths
and crime prevention
strategies as they relate to
black male youth. The
workshops will be held
April 2-3 at the QIC
building, 818 Washington
St., S.W. Atlanta, Keynote
“become a strong and
irresistable collective force
for Black concerns —as we
struggle to secure a positive
Black future.”
Other officers are
Dorothy Height, National
Council of Negro Women,
vice chairperson; Carl
Holman, National Urban
Coalition, who was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
Other members of the
Forum are Jesse Jackson,
Coretta Scott King, Leon
Sullivan, Richard Hatcher,
Eddie Williams, John
Jacobs, Ted Hogan, Walter
Fauntroy, Donald Tucker,
Wallace D. Muhammed
and Julius Chambers.
In other action, the
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speaker for the workshops
will be Claude Brown
author of Manchild in the
Promise Land.
Another major event
during that weekend will be
the third annual Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drum
Major Awards Dinner to be
held April 4 at 7 p.m. at the
Peachtree Plaza Hotel.
Awards will be given to in
dividuals who have shown
outstanding service and
leadership in the areas of
education, com
munications, government,
politics, sports, entertain
ment, laws, and business.
Guest appearances will be
made by Mayor Richard
Hatcher of Gary, Indiana,
Mrs. Coretta Scott King,
Mayor Andrew Young of
Atlanta, nationally known
educator Marva Collins of
Chicago, and syndicated
columnist Chuck Stone
(AUTHOR OF Tell It Like
It is). In addition Pioneer
Forum commended the
Rev. Jesse Jackson for his
effective leadership in
economic development
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Drum major awards will be
given to several persons
who helped pioneer
desegregation of state sup
ported universities. In
cluded in that group will be
Autherine Lucy and Vivian
Malone who helped in
tegrate the University of
Georgia and James
Meredith of the University
of Mississippi.
At 2:15 p.m. on Sunday,
April 4 SCLC President and
Mrs. Joseph Lowery will
join Mrs. Coretta Scott
King and other members of
the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Center for Nonviolent
Social Change in a joint
wreath laying ceremony at
the shrine of the late Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Silver Jubilee will be
culminated with the 25th
Anniversary Homecoming
Convention being held
August 10-13 in Bir
mingham, Alabama.
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