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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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HERE AND ABROAD -- FOR NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE -- FOR A BELOVED
COMMUNITY IN THE BROADEST SENSE,
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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,
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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
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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
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( 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,
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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
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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
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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
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] 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.
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Faith Hop
Peace
Love - That .is Martin's legacy -
honor
And we must remember him with a
National Holiday!
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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
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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.
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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.
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- People living & working together $ struggling.
together.
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compassion, and justice - with common dreams
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beloved
CARING SOCIETY a caring community.
HIS APPROACH WAS PRAGMATIC, BUT IT WAS BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY
OF MEN OF PEACE.
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ONE, THE SON OF A CARPENTER OF NAZARETH, WHOSE GOSPEL
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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
a
OURSELVES TO -- OVERCOME VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION
been to Cambodiana he
Thailand
BREAK DOWN CULTURAL BARRIERS
BANISH ANCIENT HATREDS
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WE KNOW THAT HE WOULD LOOK AT THE CRISES WE FACE TODAY WITH
whorld
OPTIMISM AND COURAGE, He was always fighting for innocent
people who were persecuted - as have been our American
citizens held hostage in Iran.
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And he was always committed to freedom, which has
No w been crushed by the brutal acts of agression in
Afghanistan -
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
as we know taday
that justice and freedom are powerful
weapons
we KNOW today
And ^ that the principles of NON violence as
espoused by the son of a carpenter - by Ghandi and
by MLK Jr. still apply today
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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 IFETIME 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,
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lived among us and left us
How FORTUNATE WE ARE THAT HE LEFT US THIS MIRACULOUS
UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINUITY, this legacy that will enclure
of courage & 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 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."
This morning when I left Washington Amy was
at home It a 13 holiday from school- colebrating the birthday
HOPE. EALTH. LOVE. 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,
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