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usually alone, usually with a book.
“Even before he could read he
kept books around him, he just
liked the idea of having them ,”
Daddy recalled In school, he was
a teach er’s dream smart, d isci
plined, and well m annered and
he breezed through with such
good marks that he skipped grades
inelcmentary school and high school.
You Are Somebody: Words To Live By
By the time M L. was in his early
teens, people commented on how
mature he seemed. They took special
notice when he spoke.
Almost overnight, his voice
had changed from a child’s chirp
into a beautiful, vibrant baritone.
Girls his age loved the deep voice
and liked the careful way he
dressed. In those days, he fa
vored a brown tweed suit, with
trousers tight at the ankles and
baggy in the legs. Boys, not
nearly as impressed, for years cal led
him“Tweed.”
At Booker T. Washington High
School, M L saw his studies suf
fer a bit because of the time he
devoted to romance and dancing
A.D. said of his brother, “ I de
cided I couldn't keep up with him.
Especially since he was crazy
about dances, and ju st about the
best jitterbug in tow n.”
When M.L. put his mind to it, he
could also be the best student in
town. When he was 14 and in the
1 Ith grade, he entered an oratorical
contest sponsored by a fraternal
group, the Negro Elks, and spoke on
"The Negro and the Constitution.” It
was easily the best address, andM.L.
won first prize.
The contest was held in Dublin,
Georgia-quite away from Atlanta-
and M.L.'s teacher, Mrs. Bradley,
accompanied him.
On the trip home, the two sat
together, talking happily, smiling
about the prize-winning day. Then,
everything turned to ashes. Twenty
years later, King remembered the
details vividly:
Mrs. Bradley and ! were an a bus
returning to Atlant, and at a small
town along the way, some white pas
sengers boarded the bus, and the
white driver ordered us to give the
whites our seats. We didn't move
quickly enough to suit him, so he
began cursing us, calling us "black
sons o f bitches. ” Z intended to stay
right in that seat, but Mrs. Brad
ley fin a lly urged me up, saying
we had to obey the law. A nd so
we stood up in the aisle fo r ¡he
ninety m iles to A tlanta. That
night will never leave my memory. It
was the angriest I have ever been in
my life.
King Celebration Documents Diversity
Harmony, Mutual Respect Honored On University Of Oregon Campus
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Documenting and honoring the
Chadwell
diversity of people in the local
“The coordinating committee
'com m unity is the focus o f the
is pleased with the good response
University of O regon’s m onth
to its request for proposals,” she
long Martin Luther King Jr. cel
says.
ebration during January.
The UO M artin Luther King
"The dream of M artin Luther
Jr. C elebration opened Monday,
King Jr. was that people of all
Jan. 8.
;backgroundscould live and work
A two-week video festival and
together in harmony and with
a four-w eek exhibit of prints of
respect for one another while
and works by Martin Luther King
appreciating the contributions,"
Jr. Both are at the Knight Li
■ Faye Chadwell, head o f co llec
brary, 1501 Kincaid St.
tio n
d e v e lo p m e n t at the
On Jan 15, a m ultim edia ex
.u n iv ersity's Knight Library said.
hibit capturing the diversity cur
• "Our individual differences
rently present in the Eugene-
¡make to the rich tapestry of our
S p rin g field com m unity d o c u
Hives,” says event coordinator
mented through family snapshots
¡Chadwell added
donated by area citizens will open
; "T h ai’s why we chose docu
at the Knight Library.
m en tin g diversity as the guiding
The exhibit will be available
p rin c ip a l for this y e a r's many ac
all month during operating hours
tiv itie s ,” C hadwell said.
in the C urrent Periodicals area of
; The u niversity-w ide M artin
the library.
; Luther King Jr. celebrations, con
A ctivist Angela Davis, author
tin u e through Feb. 2.
of "W om en, Culture and P oli
; Events areorganized this year
tic s” and “W omen, Race and
by the UO Library System in co
C l a s s ,”
w ill
a d d re s s
-operation with various student
m ulticulturalism in the univer
¡and academ ic groups, including
sity.
t h e School of M usic,
The community at large will
t “We solicited ideas for this
gatherduring a public talk set for
¡m onth’s activities from groups
7 p.m. on Jan. 15 in the Silva
¡and individuals throughout cam
Concert Hall of the Hult Center,
pus and in the com m unity,’’-says
One Eugene Centre.
Jeff '56
Reunion
Planned
Jefferson High School Class
Of 1956 is planning its 40 Year
Reunion. If you are a class mem
ber or know of one’s whereabouts,
Please contact: Dale Hing, 644-
7179 or M arlene (G oebel)
Iverson, 690-2037.
Adm ission is $3 for this event,
co-sponsored by Lane Com mu
nity College and the City of Eu
gene.
David Bradley, author of “The
C h a n e y s v ille I n c id e n t” and
“South S treet,” will speak about
“Coming Down from the M oun
tain top:
Martin Luther King Jr. in the
21st C entury” at 7 p.m. on Jan.
17 in the Ballroom of the Erb
M emorial Union, 1222 E. 13th
Ave.
His free public talk will be
followed by a reception and book
signing in the Browsing Room of
the Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid
St.
Other celebration activities,
organized by UO students, fac
ulty and staff, range from a gos
pel music perform ance to a panel
discussion of civil rights achieve
For more inform ation, includ
ing a Martin Luther King Jr. C el
ebration program, call (541 ) 346-
1819 or 346-3056.
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“ There is nothing
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feel that they have
nothing to lose.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
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W ken
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ugly words or hatred, good men
must commit themselves to the
glories o f love. Where evil men
would seek to perpetuate an
unjust status quo, good men
must seek to bring into being
a real order of justice.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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