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Pug« IS • P o rtlan d . O bserver • M artin L uther King, J r . Special Edition
Ja n u a ry 10, 1990
Martin Luther King Birthday Holiday
Observance Set At Red Cross
The Oregon Historical Society
is proud to sponsor,
in cooperation with
Portland Public Schools,
classroom presentations
in celebration of
Martin Luther King's Birthday
and
Black History Month.
The Red Cross will observe its annual
national holiday celebration of the birthday
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on W ednes­
day, January 17,1990, from noon to 1 p.m.,
at the Red Cross Building, 3131 N. Vancou­
ver Ave.
All staff, volunteers, families, friends
and neighbors of Red Cross are invited to
attend a short program honoring Dr. King’s
inspiring life and exceptional achievements.
The guest speaker, attorney Clifford N.
Carlsen, Jr., who volunteered his services
to the Civil Rights cause in 1964 in M issis­
sippi, will recall the dramatic events of the
time from a perspective of “ 25 years later.”
Rev. Joe S. Hardie, pastor at St. Marks
Baptist Church, and Albina Ministerial
Alliance president, will also be on the pro­
gram. Dr. Henry Greenidge o f Irvington
Covenant Church, will provide music.
Essays, drawings and poetry drawn
from Dr. K ing's life have been contributed
for display by teenage students enrolled in
the Red Cross ‘' Path w ay s ” program. Local
artist Oliver Tracy is lending his well-
known sculpture of Dr. King for the event.
REMINDER: On Monday, Jan. 15,1990,
take the opportunity to give the gift of life
by donating blood on the Martin Luther
King, Jr. National Holiday. Donate blood in
Dr. King's memory at the O.B. Williams
Convention Center, 220 N.E. Beech Street,
from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Albina
Ministerial Alliance is sponsoring this first-
National Museum of American
History Honors the Memory of
Martin Luther King Jr.
In commemoration of the birthday of
the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Smith­
sonian's National Museum of American
History will present “ O f Songs, Peace and
Struggle" on Saturday, Jan. 13,1990,from
1 to 4:30 p.m. in Carmichael Auditorium.
Scheduled events include a lecture, song
workshop and special docent-led tour.
This marks the seventh year that the
museum has presented a series of programs
which examine the various cultural aspects
and non-violent strategies associated with
the Civil Rights Movement.
“ The African American Church: Fuel
of the Freedom Struggle” is the title of a
lecture (1-2 p.m.) and song workshop (2-
2:30p.m .) featuring Dr. W yattTee Walker,
Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial
Address Planned at OSU
CORVALLIS-Georgia Congressman
John Lewis, civil rights leader in the 1960s,
will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Address Jan. 17 at Oregon State
University.
The speech, which is free and open to
the public, will begin at 8 p.m. in Austin
Auditorium of LaSells Stewart Center, 26th
and Western.
Lewis, the son of an Alabama share­
cropper, has long been active in the civil
rights movement. He spoke at the 1963
March on Washington and took part in the
voting rights march with Martin Luther
King, Jr. in 1965 outside Selma, Ala.
He joined the Southern Christian Lead­
ership Conference and, at age 21, became
founder and chair of the national Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Lewis
is a graduate of the American Theological
ever community-site bloodmobile. Become
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Robinson at the Albina Ministerial Alli-
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Seminary in Nashville, where he met King
at age 18, and of Fisk University.
In 1968, he was asked by Sen. Robert
Kennedy to help with his campaign for
President. After Robert Kennedy’s assassi­
nation, Lewis became director of the At­
lanta-based Voter Education Project, which
funded voter registration drives in the South.
Lewis served on the Atlanta City Coun­
cil from 1982-86 and has represented
Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since
1987. He won the right to succeed Wyche
Fowler Jr. with a 1986 Democratic primary
victory over state Sen. Julian Bond.
His address is part of the Provost’s
Distinguished Lecture Series, co-sponsored
by the Office of Academic Affairs and the
College of Liberal Arts at OSU and the City
of Corvallis.
who once served as administrative director
of the Southern Christian Leadership Con­
ference and as a public information officer
for King.
Today, Walker is a Civil Rights Move­
ment activist, community organizer, au­
thor, educator, preacher and senior pastor
of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in
the Harlem neighborhood of New York
City.
His work for social justice continues
with his current activities in the interna­
tional peace movement and the struggle
against apartheid in South Africa and
Namibia. And, travels extensively as
Commissioner of the World Council of
Churches’ Program to Combat Racism.
After the lecture. Walker will lead the
audience and a choir in singing traditional
hymns, which have historically been used
by African-Americans during protests, as
well as the Movement’s “ freedom songs.”
The community choir, formed specifically
for this workshop, will be directed by Evelyn
Simpson-Curenton.
Following the song workshop, a mu­
seum docent will lead a tour (3:30-4:30
p.m.) through the museum, highlighting
objects and exhibitions that are related to
the history of social change in America.
“ The African America Church: Fuel
of the Freedom Struggle" is presented by
the m useum 's Program in African-Ameri­
can Culture. The day's events are free and
open to the public. Early arrival is recom­
mended due to limited seating. For more
information, call (202) 357-4176 (voice) or
357-1729 (TDD-telccommunications device
for the deaf).
The National Museum of American
History, located between 12th and 14th
streets on Constitution Avenue N.W., is
open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (ex­
cept Dec. 25). Admission is free.
Martin
Luther
King, Jr.
"THIS SPACE IS DEDICATED
TO A MAN WHO DID NOT
SEE THINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE."
1929 1968
Dedication
Martin Luther King, Jr., dedicated his life to the crusade for
racial equality. To millions of black Americans, he was the coun­
try’s foremost civil rights leader. He urged his people to be proud
of their race. He asked them to stand up for their rights. He led
them in nonviolent demonstrations against the evils ol hatred
and segregation. He was a prophet of peace. Dr. King believed
in the basic goodness of man and in the philosophy of nonvio­
lence. It was his hope and dream that nonviolent protest action
would create an America/ where all men might truly he equal.
His efforts brought him worldwide fame, and death at an early
age.
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