The Atlanta Voice du lieu suivant : Atlanta, Georgia • 1

Lato Norn Congratulations! To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Chanev. on the arrival of their first child, a son. Khari Kwasi weighed in at 6 lbs.

12 oz. Tuesday morning, March 26 at 5:48, at Holy Family Hospital. Mrs. Chaney is the former Associate Editor of the Atlanta Voice Newspaper. From The Desk of The Editor p.

Lowell Ware LJ Utters To The Editor: Dear Editor, I have been following your paper for some time and wish to take this opportunity to commend you on the depth and spectrum of your coverage. I would like to see your paper expand and become Georgia's Largest Circulated Block Newspaper MARCH 30, 1974 25 Cents VOL 9 NO. 13 I'M 'tin 'I evermore avauame alternative to the Journal uonsniuuon monopoly $2 Vera McCarty Urban Training Organization Dear Editor: In moving through the community and in talking with Deoole wwvui-vwnuUUL lillCS WIU1 varying philosophies and ideologies, I find a great deal of respect for "The Atlanta Voice," and its quality of journalism. The unselfishness nf and your staff is reflected in the progressive ideas and risks that you undertake to put forth very clearly the contradictions in the system, and how they affect oppressed people. r.

It is enmmpnrlnhlo Ihotvnn on uggicu lllTOUKa the- economic difficulties of -sustaining your family1 and suff, and refrain from allowing advertising and institutions of classism to influence your reporting the news as is. and In an imnorfigi I as any newspaper can do. The Atlanta VOICE has covered stories, raised issues, and kept alive situations long enough for some very constructive events to happen to alter, and even sometimes save, the future of some people. Often you have made It vnrvotoB th I A. i if I -have an opportunity to express and clarify their toiumumiy wnen tney nave been at tacked by others as well as other organs of the media.

This I think certainly Is a vital service to the community. It keens the witch-hunt the wall. v-sw. In talking to the nennla in th bring home the point that communications can be and are often used by the oppressors to keep people in the dark about both Mm nt i porting The Voice, as well as sometimes criticizing the community is offered freedom of expression and, a chance to do comparative analysis of rhA aw I've also strnncrlv anaooctH that rt-j -oo''' nicjr TT 1 lie VUU HIUJ your staff letters expressing their positive feelings and also that they buy the newspaper so that you can continue to be free and Independent of controls. Continue on in the strncmio ami ovajr UC LVJ JUUi motto and the wisdom of Frederick Douglass' proverb as printed on the headlines of your paper.

C. T. MARTIN jiffs' El? 0 On the eve A the sixth anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, WXIA-TV, ElevenAtl-anta will present the two hour television special "King A Filmed Record. Montgomery to Memphis" on Wednesday, April 3rd at 8:00 P.M.

The compelling film follows the life of Dr. King from his first encounter in the Civil Rights Movement the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, when he attained national prominence. to the desegregation protests In Birmingham in 1963 which erupted into police confrontations to the historic march on Washington and his "I Have A Dream" message. to the Nobel Peace Prize. to the day before the assasination la Memphis whea he delivered his "Mountain Top" speech.

and finally to the funeral In Atlanta. Dr. King was assasinated on April 4th, 1968, at the age of 39. The profoundly moving portrait of Martin Luther King was produced by Ely Landau and was originally released for theatrical showing. In Memoriam Dr.

Martin Luther King 1929 -1968.