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Page 26 Portland Observer Section II Thursday. February 23, 1978 “The Struggle for Political Equality" and T h e Black Ih-ess and the First Amendment" are part of a serie# of essays developed through the American Issues Forum Project of the National Urban lea g u e The American Issues Forum Project of the National Urban League was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency created by Congress to support education, research and public activities in the humanities. The views of the authors do not necessarily reflect those of the Endowment. An Advisory Committee chaired by Dr. Lawrence Reddick, professor of History at Temple University, selected the topics and reviewed the essays for scholarship and accuracy. Others on the Advisory Committee were Dr. Charles V. Hamilton of Columbia University and President of the Metro politan Applied Research Center; Ms. Jean Hutson, Curator, Schomburg Collection. New York Public Library; Dr. Bernard Anderson, Associate Professor. Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Nancy Arnez. Acting Ch a ir m a n , School of Education, Howard University. Copyright £ 1976 National Urban League Cascade congratulates the Portlond Observer on the occasion of this hallmark publication. It marks another step in the continuing forward movement that was so aptly and powerfully described by one of America's greatest leaders, Martin Luther King: Jack Sisson, a stocky, muscular Rhode Island militiaman, crashed into a general’s bedroom and won himself a place in history. History noted the general, too, to the general s chagrin. For what happenedto Richard Prescott, a British major general, was a classic example of a bloody disgrace. He was captured in his nightshirt, under the noses of his own soldiers, behind his own lines, and he was ignominiously marched in his bare feet to a waiting boat and whisked away with his troops being none the wiser. "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?' I came to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long because truth pressed to earth will rise again. How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, because you still reap what you sow. How long? Not long, because the arm of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Mortin Luther King Montgomery, Alabama March, 1965 cascade health care ■■ to your good health
