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King Legacy Honored
Activities fill
OSH calenda
dom M arches" art exhibit which
includes photos and new s clips
from local 1960s freedom marches.
The exhibit will be on display at the
MU Concourse through February .
“A Thousand W ords,” an MLK
art exhibit show casing the work o f
OSU graduate student Lisa Taylor,
will be on display in MU 2 11 from
Jan. 13-20.
“Sign the Pledge,” to reaffirm
su p p o rt fo r n o n v io le n t so c ial
change, equality and justice, free
dom and peace, takes place at the
MU Student Lounge, Jan. 13-27.
For inform ation on the service
projects, call the OSU C om m unity
Service Center at 541 -737-3041.
Oregon State University is cel
ebrating the legacy o f the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. with a two-
week celebration at multiple loca
tions throughout Corvallis.
Activities are open to the public
and most are free. OSU will cancel
classes on Monday, Jan. 16, to allow
students, faculty and staff to ob
serve the celebration and join the
24u'-annual Peace Breakfast, which
starts at 7:30 a.m. in the Memorial
Union Bal Inxim on theOSU campus.
Civil Rights Icons Footsteps Enshrined
2006 Walk of
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A new collection o f "footsteps”
o f civil rights icons will take their
place in the International Civil
Rights Walk o f Fame on Jan. 23
during cerem onies at the Martin
Luther King Jr. National Historic
Site in Atlanta, Ga.
The W alk o f Fame, now in its
third year, includes the footprints
o f President Jim m y Carter, Justice
Thurgood M arshall, Henry Aaron,
Ralph McGill, Mayor Maynard Jack-
son, Harry B elafonte and Rosa
Parks.
The hall was created in 2004 to
give recognition to those valiant
soldiers o f justice w ho sacrificed
and struggled to m ake equality a
reality for all.
T h is y ea r, 10 new e s te e m e d
c iv il rig h ts le a d e rs are ad d e d to
th e W alk o f F am e . T h e in d u c t
ees a re R ev. Jo se p h E. B o o n e,
R ev. W illia m H o lm e s B o rd e rs,
X e rn o n a C la y to n , L en a H o rn e ,
Jo h n E. J a c o b , R ev . M a rtin
L u th e r K ing S r., R ev. Ja m e s
O ra n g e , B e rn a rd P ark s, A rc h
b i s h o p D e s m o n d T u tu a n d
S te v ie W o n d er.
The “W alk o f Fam e” is spon
sored by the Trumpet Awards Foun
dation, Inc., and was created and
designed by Clayton, founder and
executive producer o f the awards.
“This is a lasting m onum ent to
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Youth Potential Realized
SEI salutes the life and legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!
The failures o f the past must not be an excuse for the
inaction o f the present and the future "
"Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967
•Over 50% of African American Children in Oregon
do not graduate from high school
Over 90% of students in the SEI program graduate
from high school
7rie s h o e s o f Civil R ig h ts W alk o f F a m ers (front row, from left)
R ev. J o s e p h B o o n e, R ev. William H o lm e s B o rd ers, S te v ie
W onder, Jo h n Ja c o b a n d Rev. J a m e s O range; a n d ( s e c o n d row,
from left) Rev. M artin L u th er King Sr., A rch b ish o p D e s m o n d
Tutu, X ernona Clayton, B ernard P arks a n d L en a Horne. C layton is
holding th e s h o e s o f A rch b ish o p D e s m o n d Tutu.
those w hose contributions were
testam ents to the fact that human
progress is neither autom atic nor
inevitable,” Clayton said. “We will
bui Id a memorial to the civil struggle
that depicts every step taken to
ward freedom and justice and the
tireless exertions and passionate
concern o f these devoted and d e
term ined souls.”
O ther footprints honored in past
years include Ted Turner, C on
gressm an John Conyers Jr., Dick
G regory, M ayor M aynard H .Jack-
son Jr., Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth,
Judge E lb ert P. T u ttle Sr., N ancy
W ilso n , R ev. A d d ie L. W y att,
J u a n i t a J. A b e r n a t h y ; R e v .
R a lp h D a v id A b e r n a th y S r.,
M a y o r Ivan A lle n J r., Ju lia n
B o n d , M e d g a r E v e rs; D o ro th y
H e ig h t; R ev. Je s s e L. Ja c k so n
S r., F ra n k M. J o h n so n , P re s i
d en t L y n d o n B a in e s Jo h n so n ,
R ep . Jo h n L e w is, E v e ly n G.
L o w ery , Rev. Jo sep h E. L o w ery ,
H o sea W illia m s an d A m b a s s a
d o r A n d re w Y o u n g .
Nothing in all the world is more
dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.
Rev, Martin Luther King Jr. from Strength to Love, 1963
The Future is NOW!!
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Mt. Hood Community College
salutes the dreams of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
and his hopes of tomorrow.
“I hare a dream that one day this
nation mill rise up and line out the
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these truths to be self-evident,
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