EDITORIAL.
Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King was a special
American. He has been compared to Gan
dhi in his non-violent approach to solving
problems. He certainly inspired a whole
generation of civil rights workers and peace
activists. He was even criticized for his sup
port of the anti-Vietnam War movement by
his own followers fighting for minority
rights.
There was a long fight over naming a
special day for him. The FBI insisted he was
a communist from the beginning of his ac
tivism. His phones, the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference phones, and most of
his friends' phones were tapped for years.
He was under surveillance continually and
informants infiltrated all their marches.
Says Dick Gregory, "We could always spot
them by looking at their feet. Like whoever
heard of walking 50 miles wearing patent
leather shoes and white socks!"
In fact, King was beyond capitalist and
communist. He was a true humanist and a
scholar. He was a man of action as well as
an eloquent speaker. His famous "I Have a
Dream" speech was the focal point of the
1963 March on Washington which was the
first really large scale mass demonstration
for equal rights this country had ever seen.
Again, Dick Gregory: "I realized America
was in trouble with her young white kids.
. . . King was a living denial of all the racist
myths perpetrated in the white community
about black folks. These kids knew he was
not wrong and not bad." -
The next year, 1964, King was awarded
the Nobel Peace Price for his work. He was
the youngest laureate in history and the
third Black man. He had four more years in
which to live and work. He was gunned
down on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Ten
nessee, while there to organize a Poor Peo
pie's March on Washington.
As reported in the New York Times, King
leaned over a railing on the hotel balcony to
speak with an associate, Jesse Jackson.
Jackson introduced him to a musician who
was to play at a rally that evening. King
asked the musician to play a spiritual,
"Precious Lord, Take My Hand." Those
were his last words and last request.
In Eugene, the third annual Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration will take
place on January 15, from 3-11 pm, at 631
E. 19th. There are children's activities first,
then entertainment, food and more cele
brating. The organizers would like to hear
from you for help and donations. They can
be reached at 343-7125. They're inspired by
King's words, 'We must all learn to live as
brothers and sisters or we shall perish as
fools."
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