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Show The Salt A4 Lake Tribune MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY Tuesday, January21, 2008 Marchers Across U.S. GOP, Demos Mark King Day With Bitter Racial Bickering Each party claims the other obstructs rights leader's work Court of Appeals of Charles Pic! Honor King ing, who is »pposed bycivil rights groups To make amends for Lott's comments, Re THE ASSOCIATED PRESS publicans, led by Bush, proposedincreasedfed. eral spendingforhistorically black colleges and ATLANTA Civil rights leaders and politicians around the nation observed Martin iversities, as well as institutions that serve BY JILL ZUCKMAN KNIGHT R e numbers of Latino students. Democrats seized upon Lott's WS SERVICE WASHINGTON Against the backdropofa ew debate over affirm action and remind: f America’s r ast, Democrats and Re ive up to the legacy of the ratic Leader Tom Daschle of took Republicans to task for re- marks last month by former Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott seeming to suggest a fondness for the segregationist policies of a bygone era Sen. Lott’s comments reopened wounds andre- minded all of us that when it comesto racial jus. tice, we still have lot of work to do in changing hearts, changing minds and changinglaws. Republicans shot back, accusing the Demo crats of playing the race card. "The Democratic strategy with regard to racehas always been the same to divide and conquer.” charged Sen Rick Santorum, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Republican conference. “We want to unify and create equality of opportunity. They are the ones who want to divide. Martin Luther KingDay is always celebrated with political speeches paying homage to theno- tion of equality, but this year was marked byex. traordinary partisan rancor. In addition to the Lott controversy, the climate has been stokedin recent weeks by President Bush's opposition to the University of Michigan's affirmative action plan and by the president's renomination to the Luther King Jr. Day on Mon: day, many of them invoking his name in arguing against war with Iraq and urging the Supreme Court to uphold affir comments to h the GOP, saying the party pays only lip service to the needs ofblacks. “There is a huge difference between talk and action,” Daschle said. “We've heard a lot of mativ sete in college admission: During the King Day march rhetoric fromthe administration. We've heard a lot of new phrases. Those phrases don’t mean muchif it doesn’t give minorities more of an throughthe historic Sweet Au- burndistrict where King grew opportunity.” Republicans responded angrily that Democrats are taking advantageof the Lott debacle to attack the party of Lincoln for partisan gain On Monday, Democrats and Republicans fanned out across the country to pay tribute to the civil rights leader. At the First Baptist up, signs that read, “Waris not the answer,” and “Drop Bush, not bombs,” were seen. One of the largest King Day events was in Denver, where more than 30,000 people paid Church of Glenarden, a predominantly black church in suburban Washington, tribute to King and protested military action against Iraq. Bush said Five thousand marched Seattle. King’s work mustcontinue. “Even though progress has been made, there in our society whohurt. Thereis still prejudice holding people back. There is still school temthat doesn’t elevate everychild so they can learn. There is still a need for us to hear the words of Martin Luther King, to make sure the hope of America extends its reach into every neighborhoodacrossthis land.” Meanwhile, the new Senate majority leader, and Martin Luther King has gota lot to do withit,” she said. In York,Pa., five white supremacists marched in opposi. Bill Frist of Tennessee, who replaced Lott, vis- ited with the King family in Atlanta on Monday morning, then flew to New York to address a gathering of the Congress of Racial Equality. Noting that King paid for his beliefs with his life, he said, “We also have a duty —a duty toact.” “Richard Haro/The Associated Press Colorado State University President Albert Yates, left, Fort Collins Mayor Ray Martinez and Loveland MayorKathy Gilliland lead a march in Fort Collins, Colo., in their observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. tion to King Day and affirma- tive action. Hundredsofpolice officers were on patrol as protesters tried to drown out the supremacists’ speech. s APR* Prime -0.76% a for 6 months Line of Credit. On a Home Equity Leah Hogsten/‘The Salt LakeTribune Jacqueline Glover, producer of the HBO documentary “Unchained Memories: Reading from the Slave Narratives,” discusses the importance of the verbalnarrative history project at Monday's NAACP honors. UtahnsRecall the Legacy documentaryfilmwork. Education has been one of tion for the Advancement of Minorities in Higher Educa tion and the Brigham Young University Advisory Commit tee on Multicultural Issue @ Continued from A-1 At the luncheon, Gray read an excerpt from a letter King for American Express’ Salt Lake City office, received the Rosa Parks Award; and Darius Gray, president of the Genesis Group, an organization for black Mormons, received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Award In her acceptance speech Anderson recounted her up bringingin the South, as well as the meaning of Rosa Parks’ historic 1955stand against seg: regation. Most difficult about being Ala., jail cell in 1963. “Injustice anywhere is a threatto justice everywher he read, and added, “I accept the challenge to struggle against injustice Three college students re ceived scholarships at the luncheon the Utah Jazz gave Salt Lake Community College student Christopher Ellis anic education, while West: minster College first-year stu. ward ThompsonJr. won$1,000 Anderson was able to understand what her award’s namesake was fighting when she refused to abdicateher seat at the front of a Montgomery, Ala.. bus to a white person “She felt enough was enough,” she said. “All of us havefelt that way at some time in our Livi Anderson told the crowd to “continue to stand strong by sitting downfor whatis right Gray's words, meanwhile echoed the message of unity fa University of Utah junior Ed scholarships from the Salt Lake Branchof the NAACP. The branch also recognized the six winners of its Martin LutherKing Jr. essay contest. Community service was a fair at the Sorenson Multicultural Center in the Glendale neighborhood of Salt Lake City. The event wasa jointeffort of Americorps, the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office and the Medically Underserved of Utah. The collaboration also in. cluded a sisters, and that is the key thing said Starr Peterson of Americorps. a small aickages to elderly and dis. idents. The idea was to promote health care as a right, not as a firm, Gray was trained as a was a good day to do it,” sald broadcast journalist and worked for KSL radio and tele. Angela Romero of the mayor’s office. “I don't think we do vision e ngyeh gh of f this.” thi: before turning to KeyCenter or go to Key.com/consolidate a KeyBank aea You have to give to your community andwefelt likethis automotive. Call 1-888-KEY-1234, stop by any volunteer outing; Mayor Rocky Anderson sent 60 high-school volunteers to hand out 600 health kits and 100food The president of Tesla Corp RC eC key themeof a holiday health vored by his award's name sake “We are all indeed family pa all children of God,” he said. “We are all brothers and to remember eNoclosing costs' . ¢ Consolidate high-interest loans and bills ¢ Adyice of a Relationship Manager e An immediate answer $1,000 toward his auto me. and her family. She described APR Adjusts to as low as Prime -.25%for the | life of the line anywhere.” dent Maria Tuumalo-loelu and being too slow to board a bus and being left standing on the Ke wrote from a Birmingham, black, she said, was the humili ation that wasforced uponher curb Consequently from Key his greatest concerns he has been a part of the Utah Coali of King in Geraldine Phillips, 78, who grew up in a segregated Los Angeles, said she came to her city’s parade to honor a man who led thecivil rights battle. “T'm enjoying my life now is moreto do,” Bush said. “Therearestill people Achieve anything. |
