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...Carter was guilty of overkill last week when he spoke at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, once the pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr. and Sr. Flanked by the elder King, Coretta Scott King, former Ambassador Andrew Young and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, Carter attempted to rally the black vote he needs in force to carry his native region. Said he: "You've seen in this campaign the stirrings of hate and the rebirth of code words like 'states' rights, [and] a campaign reference to the Ku Klux Klan relating to the South. Racism...
...Parks was a tired Montgomery, Ala., domestic who refused to surrender her seat on a bus to a white man. Her arrest spurred black civil disobedience that helped wipe out segregation laws. Honored last week with a Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, Parks joined hands with Coretta Scott King and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young for an emotional prayer service. Then to set the record straight, she explained that she was already active in civil rights when she boarded that bus. She kept her seat be cause her dignity was hurting, not her feet. "I hope people...
Black leaders were pleased by McHenry's appointment. Said Coretta King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.: "I feel he will be a tremendous asset to our nation. He will continue in the same spirit as Andy in terms of trying to win friends for America." The Rev. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was equally enthusiastic. "There may be a change in style from Andy. McHenry won't be as informal, but there won't be a change in the battle for world peace." While more restrained, Jewish leaders also expressed satisfaction...
...CORETTA SCOTT KING, civil rights activist: In terms of impacting the crucial foreign policy issues we face, I believe Andrew Young deserves special recognition. For the first time in American history, the people of the developing nations have a highly committed spokesman to represent their interests to the President and the American people...
People have talked about making January 15th a national holiday for nearly a decade now, but regrettably the discussion has continued even longer in his home state of Georgia. His widow, Coretta Scott King, in 1971 asked a Georgia governor to declare her husband's birthday a state holiday. Governor Jimmy Carter refused, saying the Federal Government should take the lead. President Jimmy Carter, who has held the nation's highest office for almost two years, yesterday received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize from Mrs. King. Seventeen year veteran Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), told...