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National News Memphis pilgrimage honors MLK The 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. ’s death brought together people of all ages By Woody Baird The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death brought back memories to those who fought for civil rights and gave a history les son to those too young to remem ber. Mary Mohrbacher, 16, said she and a group of other students from Champaign, 111., got the chance to talk to people who took part in the movement, some of whom knew King personally. “Books can give you the facts, but people can actually explain it, tell you how they felt,” she said. The weekend-long anniversary observance, called “Pilgrimage to Memphis,” brought in people from all over the country, includ ing Earl Winfrey III of St. Louis, who was bom the year King died. “You have to feel a personal r commitment when you see everything they were going through then,” he said. Etta Johnson told young people about her experiences helping or ganize civil rights activities in Nashville in the early 1960s. “We trained students in nonvi olence,” she said at a prayer vigil at The Lorraine Motel where King was murdered on April 4, 1968. “We taught them how to be spit on, how to be burned with cigarettes or stuck with pins and not react.” In the courtyard of The Lor raine, now the National Civil Rights Museum, vigil partici pants held small flashlights shaped like candles and read a pledge to remember King’s mes sage of justice and nonviolence: “This is my judgment, my pur pose and my will. I will hold up my light.” King was killed while in Mem phis to help organize a sanitation workers strike. He was planning to lead a strikers’ march on April 8 when an assassin shot him on The Lor (( You have to feel a personal commitment when you see everything they were going through then. Earl Wintrey III St. Louis resident raine’s second floor balcony. James Earl Ray, a prison escapee from Missouri, pleaded guilty to the murder and is serving a 99 year prison sentence. A march Saturday tracing the route that demonstrators would have taken through downtown Memphis drew more than 4,000 participants singing “We Shall Overcome” and other standards of the civil rights movement. “It’s a good thing to finish this march,” said George Dowdy, who marched with King in the 1960s. “But we’ve got to follow through [on King’s mission]. It’s just like faith. Faith is good, but you have to have action, too.” SPRING IS HERE! • A maximum of 45 participants may enter a workout • In order to enter a workout, the participant must present both their punch card and photo ID. • Classes last 50 minutes. PowerSar RIM Fitness Program has a format to provide better service. We have developed a PUNCH CARD system! This will allow you more flexibility in planning your fitness workouts. It also allows greater variety. /*> REGISTRATION - 102 Esslinger Registration begins Monday, March 30th, 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. CLASSES RUN FROM April 6th to May 29th, 1996 (6 weeks). For more information call 6-4113 or drop by 102 Esslinger. CHECK US OUTI http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pars OU»l: 10 punch card $15 20 punch card $25 30 punch card $30 Unlimited card $35 www.collegestudent.com I'rec Classifieds Online Personals Apartment llndcrs Restaurant Guides And much, murh more... 002942 I *383 F American Heart Association Save A Life Amertcan Red Cron or American Heart training in Adult CPR American Red Cron training in First Aid and ChUd/lnfant CPR $15 Fee Includes 4 Hour Class • Instruction Booklet • Certificate of Instruction APRIL__ 14 16 21 23 28 30 Tues Thurs Tues Thurs Tues Thurs 500-9:00* 500-900* 500-900 500-900 500-900 600-1000. Adult Adult Adult First Aid Adult Child/Infant 5 7 12 14 19 28 Tues Thurs Tues Thurs Tues Thurs 500-900* 5:00-900* 6:00-1 OOO* 5:00-900* 500-900* 500-900* FirstAid Adult Adult Child/lnfant FirstAid FirstAid JUNE 2 Tues 5:00-90a« Adult Health Center Cafeteria • $ 15.00 Current CPR card needed for American Red Cross FirstAid Class Register Early 346-2770 Sponsored by the Health Center Health Education Program Stretch your mind! Investigate the relevant claims of Christianity during Easter Week with Dr. Ted Cabal* Does God Exist, and Can He Be Known? 7:00 p.m., Monday, April 6 Fir Room of the EMU Christianity’s Two Biggest Competitors Today 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 10 2520 Harris St., Eugene What does the resurrection of Jesus have to do with me? 10:00 a.m., Easter Sunday morning, April 12 Emerald Valley Community Church Hilyard Community Center 2580 Hilyard, Eugene Free continental breakfast at 9:15 a.m. Call 345-3393 for additional information and rides to off-campus events * professor of Philosophy of Religion Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth, Texas Co-sponsored by Baptist Student Union and _Emerald Valley Community Church
