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Atlanta, Georgia, 1/15/80 Folder Citation: Collection: Records of the First Lady's Office; Series: Mary Hoyt's Domestic Trip Files; Folder: Atlanta, Georgia, 1/15/80; Container 17 To See Complete Finding Aid: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/First_Lady's_Office.pdf WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION DOCUMENT FILE LOCATION RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by applicable Executive Order governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NA Form 14029 (1-98) To: Ruth Berry Thank gon From: Sarah Stevens for Rsc Called in by Nancy Gibson - Hal Gulliver's Secretary - 572-5432 Participants at Commerce Club file Hal Gulliver - Editor, Atlanta Constitution Bill Shipp - Associate Editor, Atlanta Constitution Durwood McAlister - Editor, Atlanta Journal John Crown - Associate Editor, Atlanta Journal Jim Minter - Managing Editor, Atlanta Journal Eddie Sears - Managing Editor, Atlanta Constitution Cliff Baldowski - Editorial Cartoonist Charles Glover - President, Cox Enterprises William Fields - Executive Manager, Editor and Vice Pres. Celestine Sibley - columnist Hal Gulliver set 12:30 as time for luncheon. Mailing address for Atlanta Constitution/Journal Atlanta Constitution/Journal P. O. Box 4689 Atlanta, GA 30302 Mr. Charles Glover will be on Left of RSC Mr. Hal Gulliver will be on the Right of RSC MRS. CARTER'S REMARKS - As DELIVERED MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ATLANTA, GEORGIA - 1/15/80 WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO START THE MORNING WITH THAT MUSIC TO LIFT US UP, THANK YOU, CORETTA, FOR ALL YOU DO. CORETTA IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE OFTEN. SHE MEETS REGU- LARLY WITH THE PRESIDENT CARRYING ON THE WORK OF HER GREAT HUSBAND CONCERNED ABOUT JUSTICE -- SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY, IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE. AND THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HONOR THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. THAN TO THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING AND STRUGGLING TOGETHER, A BELOVED COMMUNITY IS A WORLD OF LOVE, COMPASSION AND JUSTICE -- WITH COMMON DREAMS AND GOALS. MARTIN LUTHER KING KNEW THAT. IT WAS HIS LIFE, AND NEARLY 12 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS DREAM IS STILL WITH US. I THINK HE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. BECAUSE HIS VISION WAS BASED ON CONVICTION THAT REASON WAS POSSIBLE, 2. THAT JUSTICE WAS POSSIBLE, AND THAT, TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND BROTHERHOOD, WE COULD BUILD A CARING SOCIETY -- A BELOVED COMMUNITY, HIS APPROACH WAS PRAGMATIC, BUT IT WAS BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MEN OF PEACE, ONE, THE SON OF A CARPENTER OF NAZARETH, WHOSE GOSPEL IS LOVE AND FAITH; THE OTHER, THE QUIET, NON-VIOLENT LEADER WHO FREED HIS PEOPLE IN INDIA FROM COLONIAL RULE. THESE WERE HIS TEACHERS -- AND HE LEARNED WELL. IN THE PAST 12 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN FACED WITH THE ANGUISH OF DISCRIMINATION, THE BRUTALITY OF WAR, AND THE DISSIPATION OF OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCES. BUT WE SHALL PREVAIL. MARTIN KNEW WE WOULD PREVAIL BECAUSE WE WOULD STRUGGLE WITHIN OURSELVES TO -- OVERCOME VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION BREAK DOWN CULTURAL BARRIERS BANISH. ANCIENT HATREDS AND ERASE RACIAL LINES WE KNOW THAT HE WOULD LOOK AT THE CRISES WE FACE TODAY WITH OPTIMISM -- AND COURAGE, 3. I HAVE BEEN TO THAILAND AND HAVE SEEN THE STARVING CAMBODIANS. MARTIN LUTHER KING WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE -- FOR HE CARED FOR THE POOR, THE OPPRESSED, THE WEAK, THE VULNERABLE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND ALSO IN THE WHOLE WORLD, HE WAS ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WERE PERSECUTED -- AS HAVE BEEN OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAN. HE WAS ALWAYS COMMITTED TO FREEDOM, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN CRUSHED BY THE BRUTAL ACT OF AGGRESSION IN AFGHANISTAN. AND HE BELIEVED IN THE REDRESS OF THESE GRIEVANCES THROUGH STRENGTH AND THROUGH PEACE. WE KNOW -- AS HE DID -- THAT TERRORISM AND DIVISIVENESS COME AND GO IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY -- AND THEY DO LEAVE THEIR MARK, BUT MARTIN CAME TO KNOW IN HIS LIFETIME -- AS WE KNOW TODAY -.- THAT JUSTICE AND FREEDOM ARE POWERFUL WEAPONS, AND THAT AMERICANS WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN IMMENSE MORAL RESERVOIR FROM WHICH TO DRAW OUR STRENGTH, THAT IS WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING STRUGGLED TO TELL- US, TO SHOW US, HIS LEGACY WAS THE GREAT POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE -- HERE AND ABROAD -- FOR NON-VIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE -- FOR A BELOVED COMMUNITY IN THE BROADEST SENSE. How FORTUNATE WE ARE THAT HE LIVED AMONG US AND LEFT US THE LEGACY OF COURAGE AND LOVE. "NOTHING WORTH DOING IS COMPLETE IN OUR LIFETIME," REINHOLD NIEBUHR WROTE, "THEREFORE, WE MUST BE SAVED BY HOPE, NOTHING TRUE OR BEAUTIFUL OR GOOD MAKES COMPLETE SENSE IN AN IMMEDIATE ONTEXT OF HISTORY, THEREFORE WE MUST BE SAVED BY FAITH. NOTHING WE DO, HOWEVER VIRTUOUS, CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ALONE; THEREFORE, WE ARE SAVED BY LOVE. " HOPE, FAITH, LOVE, THAT IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY. THIS MORNING WHEN I LEFT WASHINGTON, AMY WAS HOME, IT IS A HOLIDAY FROM SCHOOL -- THE BIRTHDAY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND YOU AND I AND THE PRESIDENT ARE COMMITTED TO A NATIONAL HOLIDAY TO COMMEMORATE THIS GREAT MAN OF HOPE, FAITH, AND LOVE. Embargo: 10 a.m. January 15, 1980 Office of the First Lady's Press Secretary Ecumenical Service - Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. Carter's Remarks It is a great pleasure to be here. There is no better way to honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. than to reaffirm our commitment to the sense of community. A beloved community is a world of love, compassion and justice -- with common dreams and goals. Martin Luther King knew that. It was his life. His dream endures. And I think he knew this would happen. Because his vision was based on the conviction that reason was possible, that justice was possible and that, together, working together in a spirit of love and brotherhood, we could build a caring society. His approach was pragmatic, but it was based on the philosophy of men of peace. One, the son of a carpenter of Nazareth, whose gospel of love and faith has swept the world; the other, the quiet, non-violent leader who freed his people of India from colonial rule. In the past twelve years we have been faced with the anguish of discrimination, the brutality of war and the dissipation of our precious resources. But we shall prevail. Martin knew we would prevail because we would struggle within ourselves to overcome violence and repression, break down cultural barriers, banish ancient hatreds and erace racial lines. We know that he would look at the crises we face today with optimism -- and courage. We know -- as he did -- that terrorism and divisiveness come and go in the course of history -- and they do leave their mark. But Martin came to know within his lifetime -- as we know today -- that justice and freedom are powerful weapons. And that Americans will always have an immense moral reservoir from which to draw our strength That is what Martin Luther King struggled to tell us, to show US. His legacy was the great potential that we have -- here and abroad -- for nonviolent social change -- for a beloved community in the broadest sense. How fortunate we are that he left us his miraculous understanding of continuity. "Nothing worth doing is complete in our lifetime," Reinhold Niebuhr wrote, "therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in an immediate context of history, therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love." Hope. Faith. Love. That is what we celebrate today. And we must have a national holiday to commemorate this great man of hope, faith and love. 1/15/80 MARTIN LUTHER KING ECUMENICAL SERVICE RSC's REMARKS IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE, THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HONOR THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. THAN TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY people living and working to gether, and fishbing together toward Common goals. A BELOVED COMMUNITY IS A WORLD OF LOVE, COMPASSION AND IDEALS DREAMS JUSTICE -- WITH COMMON DREAMS AND GOALS, MARTIN LUTHER KING KNEW THAT, IT WAS HIS LIFE, HISDREAM ENDURE. His DREAM ENDURES. AND I THINK HE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, BECAUSE HIS VISION WAS BASED ON THE CONVICTION THAT REASON WAS -2- POSSIBLE, THAT JUSTICE WAS POSSIBLE AND THAT, TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD, WE COULD BUILD A CARING SOCIETY, HIS APPROACH WAS PRAGMATIC, BUT IT WAS BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MEN OF PEACE, ONE, THE SON OF A CARPENTER OF NAZARETH, WHOSE GOSPEL OF LOVE AND FAITH HAS SWEPT THE WORLD; THE OTHER, THE QUIET, NON-VIOLENT LEADER WHO FREED HIS PEOPLE OF INDIA FROM COLONIAL RULE. They were his teachers - and he learned well. -3- IN THE PAST TWELVE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN FACED WITH THE ANGUISH OF DISCRIMINATION, THE BRUTALITY OF WAR AND THE DISSIPATION OF OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCES, BUT WE SHALL PREVAIL. MARTIN KNEW WE WOULD PREVAIL BECAUSE WE WOULD STRUGGLE WITHIN OURSELVES TO -- OVERCOME VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION BREAK DOWN CULTURAL BARRIERS BANISH ANCIENT HATREDS AND ERACE RACIAL LINES. WE KNOW THAT HE WOULD LOOK AT THE CRISES WE FACE TODAY WITH ok OPTIMISM -- AND COURAGE, He was always fighting for innocent people who were persecuted as have been our American citizens held hostage in i Tran $ He was always committed to freedom, which has NOW been crushed by the brutal -4- acts of aggression in Afgham. and $ paace. He believed in the redress of these grievances through strength WE KNOW -- AS HE DID -- THAT TERRORISM AND DIVISIVENESS COME AND GO IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY -- AND THEY DO LEAVE THEIR MARK. BUT MARTIN CAME TO KNOW WITHIN HIS LIFETIME -- AS WE KNOW AND THAT THE PRINGIPLE OF Non-violena TODAY -- THAT JUSTICE AND FREEDOM ARE POWERFUL WEAPONS., 1 AND THAT espoused as AMERICANS WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN IMMENSE MORAL RESERVOIR FROM WHICH by TO DRAW OUR STRENGTH. the SON a ter by M/LIC THAT IS WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING STRUGGLED TO TELL US, TO by SHOW US, HIS LEGACY WAS THE GREAT POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE -- still apply todky HERE AND ABROAD -- FOR NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE -- FOR A BELOVED COMMUNITY IN THE BROADEST SENSE, -5- How FORTUNATE WE ARE THAT HE LEFT US THIS MIRACULOUS UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINUITY, "NOTHING WORTH DOING IS COMPLETE IN OUR LIFETIME," REINHOLD NIEBUHR WROTE, "THEREFORE, WE MUST BE SAVED BY HOPE, NOTHING TRUE OR BEAUTIFUL OR GOOD MAKES COMPLETE SENSE IN AN IMMEDIATE CONTEXT OF HISTORY, THEREFORE WE MUST BE SAVED BY FAITH. NOTHING WE DO, HOWEVER VIRTUOUS, CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ALONE; THEREFORE, WE ARE SAVED BY LOVE." HOPE. FAITH. LOVE. THAT IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY. AND WE MUST HAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY TO COMMEMORATE THIS GREAT MAN OF HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE, coutta is carrying on for her hustand to that racial declaration is allerated ensire 21 justice prevants I want to th you Coretta - for your introduction P for all you do. Cretta is at The WH often - ) she meets regularly I the President the concerned about P caring on nk of her great huchand people I v been to Thaird & seen the be carrer of Cambodia - MLK would w staring there he cared for the all been oppressed poor, not or the in weak the vulnerable the our Co. & over the would Vicki Staff Advance: Ruth Berry Press Advance: Carol Dozier 404/659-1400 VISIT OF MRS. CARTER TO GEORGIA January 15, 1980 F80 0115A0920 Weather Report: Partly cloudy; mild. Low of 38 degrees on arrival. High of 59 degrees. No rain. 7:10 am Mrs. Carter departs South Grounds, The White House en route Andrews AFB Limo: Mrs. Carter Mary Hoyt 7:40 am Mrs. Carter arrives Andrews AFB and boards aircraft 7:45 am Mrs. Carter departs Andrews AFB en route Atlanta, Georgia (Flying time: 1 hour and 35 minutes) (Breakfast served on board) 9:20 am Mrs. Carter arrives Hartsfield International Airport, Hangar I Inc., Draper Road; Atlanta, Georgia and is met by: (404/768-1000 ext.330) Mayor Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, GA Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr, Dr. & Mrs. Eddie (Alveda King) Beal, Alveda, St. Rep., niece,MLK,Jr. Juanelle Edwards, Carter Supporter John Sandbach, Atlanta Operations Manager and proceeds to motorcade for boarding Limo: Mrs. Carter Mayor Jackson Alveda King Beal VIP I: Bernice King Dr. Eddie Beal CLOSED ARRIVAL 9:25 am Mrs. Carter departs airport en route Ebenezer Baptist Church, 407 Auburn Avenue, N.E. for Ecumenical Service 404/688-7263) (404/688-7264) 9:45 am Mrs. Carter arrives Ebenezer Baptist Church and proceeds to Holding Room 107 - Rev. McDonald's Office 9:50 am Mrs. Carter departs Holding Room 107 en route Room 109 to meet the program participants*- Rev. Roberts' Office 9:55 am Mrs. Carter departs Room 109 en route Room 101A to join the King Family and then proceeds to the Church * NOTE: Mrs. Coretta King will give Mrs. Carter a White Orchid. NOTE: Mrs. Carter and the King Family will march to the church. Mrs. Carter will be escorted to the pulpit by Mrs. King, and seated between Dr. Hugh Gloster and Rabbi Tanenbaum. Staff Instructions: Staff will be seated by Ruth Berry 10:00 am PROGRAM BEGINS* LIVE COVERAGE OF PROGRAM-CBS TV 5 - Southeast 12:00 noon PROGRAM ENDS Mrs. Carter departs Church en route motorcade OPEN PRESS COVERAGE 12:05 pm Mrs. Carter boards motorcade en route Commerce Building, Commerce Club LIMO Mrs. Carter M. Hoyt 12:10 pm Mrs. Carter arrives Commerce Bldg, Commerce Club, 34 Broad St., N.W. and proceeds to Holding Room (404/525-1661 Ass't. Mgr. Office) 12:25 pm Mrs. Carter departs holding room en route Allen Room, for Editorial Luncheon and is met by Hal Gulliver, then proceeds to table for seating NOTE: Mrs. Carter will sit between Charles Glover and Hal Gulliver For Luncheon Guests * see briefing book 1:45 pm Mrs. Carter departs Allen Room, Commerce Club en route motorcade LIMO Mrs. Carter M. Hoyt 1:50 pm Mrs. Carter departs Commerce Building en route WAGA TV, Channel 5, 1551 Briarcliff Road, N.E. (404/875-5551 ext. 270/ 277/ 3733 2:10 pm Mrs. Carter arrives WAGA TV and is met by: Paul Shields and proceeds to conference room 2:15 pm Mrs. Carter arrives conference room for private intérview with Paul Shields. Note: 20 minute interview 2:35 pm Mrs. Carter departs conference room en route motorcade Limo: Mrs. Carter M. Hoyt 2:40 pm Mrs. Carter departs WAGA TV en route Hartsfield International Airport, Hangar I Inc. (404/768-1000 ext. 330) 3:10 pm Mrs. Carter arrives airport and boards aircraft 3:15 pm Mrs. Carter departs Atlanta, Georgia en route Andrews AFB (Flying time: 1 hour and 20 minutes) 4:35 pm Mrs. Carter arrives Andrews AFB, boards motorcade and departs en route South Grounds, The White House 5:05 pm Mrs. Carter arrives South Grounds, The White House Reckleff 1/11/80 First Lady's Remarks at Martin Luther King Center to It 10 a great pleasure to be here. It is " special pleasure to take part in the program, "Creating the Beloved Community: Nonviolent Social Change for the 1980's. There is no better way to honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr The beloved community - it community of that love, compassion, and justice -- was his dream. It was his ideal, It was his life. Nearly 12 years after his death, his dream Lo still with us [strong, vital, and growing. Perhaps ha knew because this would happen. His life was one of hope and conviction that reason was possible, that justice was possible, and that that the power of ideas could change the hearts of mon and together, working together we could build a caring society - a caring women. what was the nonviolent change he sought.] community 2 Be knew the power of ideas to transcand national boundaries, cultural barriers, ancient hatreds, and racial lines, He knew the power of ideas to overcome violence and repression, and to endure long beyond the life of any one mortal. [ was be, after all, who brought to this country the nonviolent revolution of two men of ideas] And his approach was based on the philosophy of Jess Y ( the son of & carpenter of Nazareth, whose gospe) was of Love and faith [shapt the world] $ Mahalma Ghandi 11 other] a guiet man who three decades ago freed the people of India from their colonial rulers. Martin Luther king, Jr., would look at the crises Me Lace today with the name hope and optimium 123" knowing how far we have come already, and the power of the ideas WG hold, 3 Hall a world away, where terrorists hold our fellow citizens captive, where also a great military power seeks to subjugate its amaller neighbor, We can be certain, as shall he was, that we will ultimately prevail. He know, as he ata, that terrorists and conquerers and warlords have come and gone in history, but their as legacies are few. They have not built enduring I civilizations, only insecure empires that depend on the Dreams & ideals force of armu for survival. Ideas have swept away the work of conquerers and tyrants time after time. He can hope because the course of history has lifted us, century after century, to a closer realisation of the beloved community. It has not been an unbroken series of successes, just as Dr. King's life was marked ? by defeats, In our lifetimes, WD have seen suffering, postilence, In our the past litetime 12 yrs. we have 0 been faced withe anguish of discrimination the brutality of war, with suffering & human Need great progress towards justice war, and bratelity, Yet we have also seen an unprecedented and civil and Clowering of human rights and abundance, And we have seen our made progross And 100 have seen that our country has been at the center of this progress, not because of our economy or our military might, but because [we have carried on a unique this struggle among ourselves.] He have struggled, as no other country has, to put Into practice our ideals and hopes. Martin Luther King, 30,, carried that struggle into the lives of everyone [in this country] of us. He carried the struggle throughout America because he believed in this country and its great moral capacity, no he said at the Lincoln Nemorial, his dream was deeply rooted in the American dream. Two months ago, I made a brief tour of refugee camps No in Thailand. 1 saw suffering on an unimaginable scale, and you and d know that had This happened during Martins lifetime, he would poor v k been there - ide suffered i the suffering & he cared for the appressed in the well world [xet 1 also Day hope. It WAB a hope generated by as as there who were is growing American presence and the nows that American aid 4 oppressed suffering to For in our co was on the way. No other country could inspire such hope among such desperate, forgotten people. And no other country would try no hard and give 80 generously to relieve suffering, So an we enter the 1980's, let un remember the great struggle that Dr. King waged [and won] He lived to see many of the legal barriers to injustice swept away. Bo died No trying to bring a decent life to garbage workers in Memphis. Dr. King had just began that struggle for economic justice, It is up to un to carry it on, Lot 118 also remember the great potential here and abroad for nonviolent social change. Let US remember the great hopes for justice and freedom In the hearts of our fellow citizens. Let UB not rest In our efforts to tap that immonse moral reservoir in America. And let us have a budiday to commemorate the 6 == ] want to leave with you the words of another man of faith Dr. King admired, Reinhold Niebabr: "Nothing worth doing is complete in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense An an immediate context of history, therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, 190 are saved by love." Thank you. # Faith Hop Peace Love - That .is Martin's legacy - honor And we must remember him with a National Holiday! WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION DOCUMENT FILE LOCATION RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by applicable Executive Order governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NA Form 14029 (1-98) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 10, 1980 Office of the First Lady's Press Secretary NOTICE TO THE PRESS Press Credentials - First Lady's Visit to Atlanta January 15, 1980 Contact: 404/524-1956 Steve Klein Thursday, January 10 12 noon - 5:00 pm Friday, January 11 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Pick-up credentials: Monday, January 14 3:00 - 5:00 pm Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change 503 Auburn Avenue N.E. Atlanta # # # FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 9, 1980 Office of the First Lady's Press Secretary THE WHITE HOUSE First Lady Rosalynn Carter will attend a Ecumenical Service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Tuesday, January 15 in Atlanta. # # # what a wonderful way to start the morning. with that music to MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION lift us UR. Atlanta, Georgia, January 15, 1980 Thank you Coretta for all you do. Coretta is at the WH otten. She meets regularly with the Pres. carrying on the work of her great husband Concerned about justice. social, political, and economic justice for all the people in our Co. It is agreat pleasure to be here. And there is No better way to honor the life of MIK Jr. than to think about Cammunit. 2 - People living & working together $ struggling. together. A beloved community is a world of love, compassion, and justice - with common dreams $ goals. MLK Knew that. It was his life. + Nearly 12 years after his death, his dream is still with us. I think he Knew this would happen Because his vision was based on conviction that reason was possible, Electrostutic Copy Made for Preservation Purposes 3 be POSSIBLE, THAT JUSTICE WAS POSSIBLE AND THAT, TOGETHER, WORKING and compassion TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE ^ AND BROTHERHOOD, WE COULD BUILD A beloved CARING SOCIETY a caring community. HIS APPROACH WAS PRAGMATIC, BUT IT WAS BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MEN OF PEACE. is ONE, THE SON OF A CARPENTER OF NAZARETH, WHOSE GOSPEL LOVE AND FAITH HAS SWEPT THE WORLD; THE OTHER, THE QUIET, NON-VIOLENT LEADER WHO FREED HIS PEOPLE ON INDIA FROM COLONIAL RULE. These were his teachers - and he learned well. Electroctatic Copy Made for Preservation Purposes $ MALL IN THE PAST TWELVE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN FACED WITH THE ANGUISH OF DISCRIMINATION, THE BRUTALITY OF WAR AND THE DISSIPATION OF OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCES. BUT WE SHALL PREVAIL. 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THAT IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY of MLK Jr. tnd you and I and the Pres. are Committed to Yes AND WE MUS FLAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY TO COMMEMORATE THIS GREAT MAN OF HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE, Electrostatic Copy Made for Preservation Purposes