Page 10-The Portland Observer-Januury 15,1991
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Martin
Luther
King, Jr.
1929 1968
Waverly Davis, President
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 of 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 be equal.
His efforts brought him worldwide fame, and death at an early
age.
Martin
Luther
King
"Unity in the Community"
"Member
FDIC"
"Equal Opportunity Employer"
MLKJ Scholarship Fund Holds Benefit
In celebration o f Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. birthday, the Martin
L uther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund of
Oregon joined together with the friends
o f M artin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship
to raise funds for students in need of
scholarship assistance.
W e are asking you to join us
fo ro u r second annual “ Casino N ite” to
be held on January 19, 1991,6:00 p.m.
until 1:00 a.m. at Steamers Restaurant
and Lounge, 8303 N.E. Sandy B oule­
vard, Portland, Oregon.
This will be an exciting eve­
ning o f casino activities and dancing.
The cost is S12.50 (single) and $25.00
"The dream is one of equality of opportunity, of
privilege and property widely distributed; a dream o f a
land where man will not take necessities from the
many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land
where men do not agree that the color of a man's skin
determines the content of his character; a dream o f a
place where all our gifts and resources are held not for
ourselves alone but as instruments of service for the
rest of humanity; the dream of a country where every
man will respect the dignity and worth of all human
personality, and men will dare to live together as
b ro th e rs.. . . "
—Martin Luther King, Jr., i960
■ Thu mesaay« court«» o» «
(couple).
The friends o f the M artin L u­
ther King, Jr. Scholarship was started
ten years ago by three friends: the late
Dr. C. Jack Ryan, Jam es Thom as, and
M ichael Jordan who shared birthdays
in the m onth of January. They decided
to assist tlie youth in our com m unity in
receiving a college education by host­
ing an annual fund raiser and donating
the funds to the M artin Luther K ing, Jr.,
Scholarship Fund of Oregon.
The Scholarship Fund Incor­
porated in 1971, and located on the
Portland State University cam pus of-
fices donated by the University, has
provided about 1,700 scholarships to
needy students: totalling m ore than
$400,000 in educational assistance.
Better than 95% of the contributions are
utilized in direct scholarship assistance,
with the sm all rem ainder going to de­
fray the expenses of operating as a non­
profit charitable corporation. These
contributions have been made avail­
able to the fund over the years through
the generosity o f corporation, organi­
zations, and members of the Oregon
com m unity, who are concerned with
the future o f Oregon.
"Our needs are identical with labor’s needs: decent wages, fair working conditions,
livable housing, old age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which
fam ilies can grow, have education fo r their children and respect in the community. That
is why Negroes support labor’s demands and fight laws which curb labor. That is why
the labor-hater and labor-baiter is virtually always a twin-headed creature spewing aniti-
Negro epithets from one mouth and anti-labor propaganda from the other mouth...the
two m ost dynamic and cohesive liberal forces in the country are the labor movement and
the Negro freedom movement..." -Martin Luther King, Jr., 1961 AFL-CIO nat’l convention
Making A Difference
Together
The Portland Police Bureau wishes
to express its appreciation to those
community agencies and individuals
who have helped us in our recruiting
efforts. Thanks to your efforts we have
hired 21 minorities and 19 female offi­
cers during the past 2 and a half years.
We ask your continued support in our
effort to increase the cultural diversity of our police force.
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