Jan.

'87

Richard Alan Spiegel - Editor

Barbara Fisher - Designer

Thomas Per ry -

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B rerida Giscombe - Site Teacher

Cover designed by - Richard Alan Spiegel

Y,W.C.A. Teen Parent Progr.am Page

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Darleen Sledge Dianna Reyes Beatrice Davis Evelyn Hazer

Publication by The Waterways Project was made possible with funding suppor-t from The New York State Council on the Atts and Con Edison

Principal - Richard Or-qarii sci ak

S uperi ntend ent - Stephen Phi Iii ps

(9 1987, The Watel"ways Project

KJNG'S METHOD OF NON-VIOLENCE Dar leen Sledge

Nonviolent resistance is based on the conviction that the univer-se is on the side of justi ceo Cosequently, the believer i n non-violence has deep faith in the future. This faith is another reason why the nonviolent resister can accept suffering without retaliation for he knows that in his struggl~ for justice he has cosmic compan-

ionship. '

Dr. King strongly believed in this non-violent method and was determi ned

to change conditions for Blacks in America. He was a religious man who believed in the bible. He turned the ether cheek when he was struck and told others to do the same.

I believe that Kingls non-violent method was brave.and successful to a certai n extent. Imagine where we would stand today if it weren't for Ki ng and other great leaders who lay down their lives for us whether it was by non-violent acts or not. I think everyone should respect his ideas and his effort.

Personally, I don't think that I could stand to be non-violent with someone who was being violent to me. ['m not disrespecting Dr. King's non-violent method in any way. For someone to have taken such abuse as he did from others should be commended. He lay paths for us for our future and ( wi ll always be grateful for that. However, I strongly di saq.ree with one phrase he often stated strongly, that is, "fr-ee at last, free at last, thank God Almighty: WeI re free at last.

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We are not free. We may not have physi cal chains wrapped around our wrists, but the mental chains will always remain until we rise

up again and show the white men that we1re just as good as they and wei re fed up with discrimination in this (so-called) "free land". Then only can we apply his statement to be true.

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Dianna Reyes

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Martin Luther' 'King was an American Black civil, rights leader

Who fought for Blacks' equality and fought for Blacks' freedom

He fought for his dreams in so many different ways But for people to see his dreams, he worked hard for many months and many days

His dream was to see our nation united as a whole Unfortunately, some people did not share his feelings in their hearts, nor in their souls,

Though he saw this kind of reaction, of which he was a witness

He refused to give up; instead, he spoke to them about giving love and fOl"giveness

Dr. King sure made his point clear when he

boycotted the buses in Montgomery, Alabama

This was one of the ways he showed the white people He was ready to do anything he had.xa' Unfortunately, Dr. King did not live to see his dream

be fulfilled

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For in 1968, in the state of Tennessee, in Memphis Dr. Martin Luther King was .killed

And though Dr. King was killed by a white man named James Earl Ray

We still remember him and wish to fulfil! his dreams today!

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR .. -Beat rice Davis

Dis for Dignity and Pride

R is for our Remembrance of Dr. King

M is for My ccunt ry tis of thee

A is for the way he Achieved things

R is for the Revolution

T is for Today and Tomorrow

I is for I n the days of his life

N is for the Name Marti n

L is for Love and peace

U i-s 'fol; the word Unity

Tis for To be Together forever

H is for His speeches we have to remember of him

E is for Every time he was tortured for us

R is for the Racism he tried to stop

K IS for Kindness towards each other

I IS for the Interest we had in him

N is fo r New things to come

G is fOI" Going on and on

J is for the long Jour-nay he had

R is for the Rest of us to carryon where he

left off. May he rest in peace.

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KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. JAN 15, 1929 -1968 c."'ergyman; Civi! Rights Leader

Evelyn Hazel"

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jt:" was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Merrrphis , Tennessee. James

Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the crime in March, 1969. Dr. King was an American civi [ rights leader who worked to bri nq about social, political and economic equality fOI" Blacks by peaceful means. Dr. King was a non-violent person, but he often became a

tar qet of violence.

In 1955 Dr. King led a boycott \..d buses in Montgomery to protest discrimination against Black passengers. He questioned the fact that Black people had to sit in the rear of public buses and whites

were seated in the front. The protest became successful and persuaded many people that protesti ng could be done in a nori-v icle.nt fashion.

Some Black people thought of him as an Uncle Tom. They felt he was so caught up in equal rights issues that he did not have time for anything else, but that was not true. He enjoyed sports, opera, and he liked to eat.

King1s non-violent program reached a high poi nt in Was,hington D. C. on August 28, 1963.

200,000 people marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial while millions watched on. televi sron , He told the throng - I .hav e a dream that one day this nation wi II rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal.

01". King planned a 'Poo r people's march' but did not live to see it. Dr. King was buried near Ebenez er Baptist Church in Atlanta. The following words are carved on hi s tombstone: free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty I'm free at last.

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Keep a Sharp Look Out for I{IDN l\PPERS, and have l'OP RYE open.

APRIL ~4, IHlil.

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COLORED PEOPLE

OF BOSTON, ONE &, ALL, Yon are he,reby respectfully CAUTIONED and adfised, to avoId cenrerslng nHb (be

"!atc,hmen and Police Officers

of Boston, -

For since the recent ORDER OF THE ll.4..YOB I'L ALDElnlE~, thej nre empowered to net as'

KDNAPPERS

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Slave Catchers.,.

And they have alrendy been actually employed In KlD~APPI2\G, CATCHI!\G, k,\"D KEEPIl'fG 8LA YES. Therefore. If you value your LIBERTY, and the n"eifare of the J.'u5ltl~es among you, SIa .... them in every posslble manner, as so many .llOlJiVDS OD the track of the most unfortunute of your race.

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