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KING continued from pg. 1
against discrimination in the South. She refused to
give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in
Montgomery, Alabama, and she was arrested.
This incident prompted Rev. King, a native of
Georgia, to start a boycott in Montgomery against
public transportation. The movement brought over
fifty-thousand black men and women together. It
also involved a large percentage of the white
population and grabbed national attention.
Dr. King, known nationally for his non-violent
protests and demonstrations, said, “If every negro
in America turns to violence I'll stand against it."
Unfortunatly Rev. King became the object of many
brutal and violent acts. During his years of
demonstrations he was beaten, had a bomb placed
under his porch, crosses burned in front of his
home and was stabbed.
The Reverend was also arrested 30 times. It was
during one of these arrests that this “Nobel Peace
Prize" winner wrote some of his best literature,
"Letter From Birmingham Jail." In this letter to
some skeptical fellow clergymen King explains that
he could not sit and just watch what was happening.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere," wrote the man of peace.
Dr. King's supporters also experienced the same
kind of brutal treatment and criticism as he did.
This did not stop the movement... it didn't even come
close.
Because of the work the Reverend King and his
supporters did, the courts found segregation to be
unconstitutional. Voting rights were established for
blacks, the right to go to “white schools" was
granted, and blacks were able to eat in public
restaurants and use public rest rooms that were
formerly "whites only."
There are no words that could ever express what
King did, not only for blacks and the civil rights
movement, but for mankind. One tangible fact does
remain - everytime black touches white, red
recognizes brown and people pull together as one -
there is the realization that the work and death of
this unselfish, dedicated individual was not in vain.
"...Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of
the Lord." Martin Luther King, Jr.
Personal Perspective
What New Year's resolution did you make this year and how are you sticking to it.?
OT2 Ed Johnson
NAVFAC— To save
more, not to spend so
much money. I'm doing
pretty well but It's only
been one paycheck.
SSat Victor Rivera
932nd ACWS — To cut
down on cigarette
smoking, working
towards quitting
altogether.
Elizabeth Sapp — I
didn't make any because I
never stick to them.
Lt. Fred Schwab VP-11
— My resolution is to
survive this year, I
figure I made it through
the last one so, I hope to
make it through this
one.
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