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Show The D3y Uteh Chrwtlrif. Twatsy, fmrnnj IS, 1C5 Page Five EDITORIAL Doves odd ait tihe U. MarigDU GComig Jo. of luitar lUsgsf It all started on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. in cause somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others... I want you to say that I tried to love and serve of freedom. late 1955. Arguably King's most famous speech came at Rosa Parks, a black woman, refused to yield a 1963 march from the White House to the her seat on a Montgomery city bus to a white Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C "I have humanity." male passenger. Police were called and Parks was a dream," King proclaimed to the crowd of more King's memory is being honored at the charged with violating the city ordinance than 250,000. University this week, one year before a national vehicles. The on mandating segregation public "...one day this nation will rise up and live out holiday for King goes into effect. King's incident led to a one-da- y the of boycott city's the true meaning of its creed. We hold these birthday is to be annually commemorated every buses the blacks. Soon after the boycott, a truths to be that all men are created third Monday of January. committee, called the Montgomery Improveequal. ..I have a dream that my four little The U.'s early observance of the event is ment Association, was formed and its elected children will one day live in a nation where they significant. It shows the institution is interested president was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will not be judged by the color of their skin, but in the holiday for what it stands for, and not just Much progress has been achieved in the years their character..." of the content by because it will mean another day of vacation. since 1955 toward ensuring racial equality for all Just one year later, the Gvil Rights Act was citizens of the United States. And while there King's years of working for civil rights in are more strides to be made, this man was largely passed. The act ended segregation public resulted in many gains, but there is more to be responsible for all the civil rights progress in this accommodations and gave the federal done. Racial prejudice continues to run rampant government the right to sue in efforts to in many parts of the country, including Utah. century. Doubtless, in time, much of that prejudice will King used his committee position to integrate facilities. demonstrabroadcast his belief that In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was enacted, die, but not without constant reminders of the tions were the most effective way of righting the which suspended literacy tests and other devices past. A holiday in King's memory is more than wrongs committed against the black population used to prohibit people from voting. In the of the South and elsewhere. following three months, about 250,000 blacks appropriate, but only if it is a meaningful one. The boycott in Montgomery was successful . had registered to vote. The Chronicle commends those involved with a U.S. The this year's celebration and hopes the event will Supreme Court ruled, almost year later spearheaded the King later, that Alabama's bus segregation law was movement against the Vietnam War. This cost become an annual one at the U. blatantly unconstitutional. some of the favor he had built in the Ohio Rep. Louis Stokes quoted King's Nobel The publicity surrounding the boycott King preceding years of campaigning for civil rights. Peace Prize acceptance speech in his keynote He national into the spotlight. catapulted King An advocate and lobbyist for the rights of the address at the U.'s Martin Luther King Day a of the in role formation the crucial played celebration Monday. Southern Christian Leadership Conference, poor, King announced in late 1967 plans for a "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so which organized and coordinated civil rights Poor People's March on Washington. Just 16 days before the march was to take place, King tragically bound to the starless midnight of activities throughout the South. racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace As president of the conference, King traveled was assassinated in Memphis April 4, 1968. In a sermon given two months before his and brotherhood can never44 become a reality," across the country, organizing .demonstrations supporting civil rights and death, King discussed how he would like to be King said that day in 1964. Accept these words delivering speeches which rallied millions to the remembered the day he died. "I'd like for as a challenge." self-evide- non-viole- nt, nt then-unpopu- lar non-viole- nt ASUU William Fo Buckley Jr0 a dance marathon January 25, 8:00 p.m.-6:0- 0 1985 a.m. in the Union Ballroom Prizes: Dinners, ski passes, & more to the couple who raises the most money. Round trip airfare for two to Los Angeles donated by Morris Travel. Pledge Sheets Available at: 234 Union Desk Institute ASUU, Union - co-sponsor- crf Noted Author, Teacher, Lecturer, Editor Wednesday, Jan. 16 12:00 noon Union Ballroom TBATBL I o m I & Union Food Services 1965 Soec to benefit Olympics alt pocMcfc -- 71 y tt ogccx. z m mm m m |
