Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, January 16, 2013, 2013 special edition, Page 43, Image 43

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January 16, 2013
M a r t in L u t h e r K in g J r .
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Nellie Coney (left) and Elizabeth Mosley
What Would
Martin Luther
King Jr. Say?
c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 15
would be the same age as him
if he were alive today. She
remembers turning on the TV
after King’s assassination.
“He was for everybody,”
said Coney. “No color. No
race. He was a God's per­
son.”
Coney does not think we've
progressed enough. She re­
calls King's last speech. “He
wanted for everybody to be
equal. We are all G od's
people. Just because you’re
white not black, that don't
mean anything to me because
we all got red blood.”
“He's a good man, a good
leader,” said Coney's friend,
Elizabeth Mosley, 83, and
standing nearby “I love him
very much.”
“I sure miss him,” said Co­
ney.
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a school or football
team, it’s something
Human salvation
lies in
you invest in for
life, and I can’t get
enough of it.
the
hands
of the
creatively
maladjusted.
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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