Word: nonviolenter
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The ceremony, held at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard, focused on the tradition of nonviolent activism that King advocated before his assassination in 1968. The Baptist minister, a major lead, in the civil rights struggles of the 1960's, would have been 67 this year.
Quoting King, Kristal C. O'Bryant '98, president of the Black Students Association, said that "we can no longer afford to worship a god of hate. We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation."
Ignoring international human rights concerns, China sentenced its best-known dissident, Wei Jingsheng, to 14 years' imprisonment for sedition, citing his nonviolent advocacy of democratic reforms. Wei has already served 14 1/2 years in prison for his essays calling for political freedom during the 1978-79 Democracy Wall movement.
In addition to being a vocal environmentalist, Saro-Wiwa was an accomplished poet, playwright, publisher and father of four. As a young person, Saro-Wiwa experienced and wrote about the horror of Nigeria's civil wars and tribal conflicts, leading him to advocate nonviolent protest against the military junta.
But Baker and Whiting are not headed for the entrance. They will abandon their Zodiac four or five miles out at sea and negotiate the reef with the kayaks. Reaching land, they will hide the kayaks and climb both seawalls with grappling hooks. With luck they will have a day...