Martin Luther King Jr. Special Edition
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Lawrence J. Dark
President and CEO of
Urban League
*7 think more concrete tangible things
would get at this whole issue. And fo r me,
both issues would be economic power, ac
cess to capital, real opportunities fo r em
ployment and that wc also make sure that
policies that are implemented at the Federal, State and local level do not
have a negative impact on African Americans, people o f color and low
income people. We need policies, practices that allow people to have
economic self-reliance, free o f all discrimination to be fa ll citizens in this
country. ”
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...as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalien
able rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this
promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are
concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation,
America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check
which has come back marked "insufficient funds.” We
refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the
great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we’ve
come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon
demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind
America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to
engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the...
"Dream
Speech"
In 1963, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. led a
March on Washington.
The people's signs read
"For Jobs and Freedom."
In 1997, Hugh Price
urged America to
finish the job
Dr. King started.
Hugh H Price
HAVE YOU N O T IC E D HOW IM P E R S O N A L B A N K IN G HAS B E C O M E ?
"Economic power is the next civil rights frontier," Hugh
Price told delegates at the National Urban League's 1997
conference. "Our struggle remains to give African
Americans the opportunity to be developers and owners and
establish ourselves as an economically-powerful group."
There’s a point where hanking automation ceases to
than just talk about your needs. We can fulfill them.
he for your convenience, and only benefits, well, the
Now don’t get us wrong, it’s not like we do loan
bank. But at Pacific One, we’ve never lost sight of the
calculations on an abacus. We have all the modern
simple fact that banking is a service
banking technology : PC banking,
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industry, and, to put it simply, you
As president of the National Urban League, Mr. Price is
focusing the civil rights organization on economic
empowerment and development of our children. In
Portland, the Urban League offers assistance to help
students and job seekers reach their full potential.
On March 12, 1998, Hugh Price will speak on "Economic
Power" at the Urban League of Portland's Equal
Opportunity Dinner. For information, call (503) 280-2600.
bank-by-phone and ATMs. But
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can’t get service from a machine.
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T hat’s why we get to know you and
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they're in addition to, not instead
of, real banking service. You see, no
your hanking needs, not by guessing, but from actually
matter what kind of technological marvels the future
talking w ith you. From our tellers to our branch
of hanking may hold, machines
managers, you’ll find the kind of service you’d expect
will never replace people. Well,
from a small bank. But we’re backed by over S900
at least not at Pacific One. Can
million in assets, so we have the resources to do more
a bank really do that? Yes, it can.
For more information, call 281-0062 at our Lloyd Center branch
or our Telephone Banking Center at 1-888-455-1515.
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