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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
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