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January 15, 1982 / The Maroon Tiger / Page 2
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The Campus of Morehouse College
2:00 P. M.
The Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, Officiating
PRELUDE Improvisations on Negro Spirituals
Improvisations on “We Shall Overcome”
PROCESSIONAL — “Cortege” Dupre
HYMN — “O God, Our Help In Ages Past” Isaac Watts
PRAYER : Dr. Gardner C. Taylor
President, Progressive National Baptist Convention
OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE Rabbi Abraham Heschel
Professor, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
SPIRITUAL — “Balm in Gilead” Traditional
Morehouse College Glee Club
NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE .. The Reverend Franklin C. Frye
President, National Council of Churches
SPIRITUAL — “Ain’t Got Time to Die” Traditional
Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
TRIBUTES:
THE HONORABLE IVAN ALLEN, JR.
Mayor, City of Atlanta
MR. ROBERT J. COLLIER
Chairman, Board of Deacons, Ebenezer Baptist Church
MOST REVEREND JOHN J. WRIGHT
Bishop of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
MRS. ROSA PARKS
“Mother” of Montgomery Movement
THE REVEREND J. E. LOWERY
Chairman, Board of Directors, Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
THE REVEREND ANDREW J. YOUNG
Executive Vice President, Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
SOLO — “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” Thomas A. Dorsey
Miss Mahalia Jackson
EULOGY Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
President Emeritus, Morehouse College
HYMN — “The Morehouse College Hymn” J. O. B. Mozeley
“WE SHALL OVERCOME”
BENEDICTION Bishop W. R. Wilkes
Presiding Bishop, Third Episcopal District,
African Methodist Episcopal Church
RECESSIONAL — “Largo” from “New World Symphony” .... Dvorak
Taken from funeral program of King.
Struggle
Continued from Pg. 1
Indeed, in these times of economic
instability and the white “backlash/’ we
could best honor our fallen soldier by
banding together as a race of people, and
begin to march with renewed vigor and
determination in the interest of bridging
that ever widening gap between what is so
beautifully put in our shinning constitu
tion and the sobering reality of American
society.
Bear in mind that if Dr. King's death is
not to be in vain, we must fight against
New Course
The Life And Thought
Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Religion 380 T H 9:25 AM
WH-230 Morehouse 3 Hrs
Instructor-Prof.— Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter
THE DREAMS AND INSPIRATION
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
“History has thrust upon our generation an indescribably important
destiny—to complete a process of democratization which our nation
has too Idng developed too slowly. How we deal with with this crucial
situation will determine our moral health as individuals, our cultural
health as a region, our political health as a nation, and our prestige
as a leader of the free world."
— 1958
“A It hough / cannot pay the fine, I will willingly accept the alternative
which you provide, and that l will do without malice.”
— Statement to an Alabama judge, 1958
“It may get me crucified. / may even die. But / want it said even if I
die in the struggle that ‘He died to make men free’ ”.
— 1962
“The question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of
extremists will we be. Will we be extremists for hate or will we be
extremists for the preservation of injustice-or will we be extremists
for the cause of justice?
— Letter from a Birmingham Jail
April, 1963
“Some of you have knives, and I ask you to put them up. Some of
vou have arms, and I ask you to put them up. Get the weapon of
nonviolence, the breastplate of righteousness, the armor of truth and
just keep marching.”
— 1964
those forces which are presently nipping
away at his very achievements. He left us a
legacy which we would do well to follow.
Indeed, we owe him (and ourselves) that
much. If we don’t ACT, Reagan and his
reactionary policies will force us to
REACT.
Having January 15 declared a national
holiday would be a great tribute to Dr.
King;-achieving and fulfilling the man’s
dreams would be an even greater tribute
... REINTENSIFY THE STRUGGLE!
