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PROVIDING A COMMUNITY VOICE FOR 21 YEARS Rosa Parks Leads Texas March c-S i-V--vv tmjr Trzrr sss 'B7-. 3'. Marchers, including many children who had a day off from school, sang and carried placards of King. Spectators along tlje route joined in the procession, wiich officials said was over a mile long. At noon when the crowd reached the stage ai the plaza, the Rev Callies who started the irchcs in 1968, rang a bell, saying, "Let Freedom Ring." Lewis, a four-time gjfld medal winner in the 1984 Olympic Games, said his parents were involved in the boycotts in Alabama.

King baptized two of his brothers, he said. He said Blacks have come a long way, but that recognizing King with a national holiday would not end prejudice. way," Mrs. Parks said. "We will, with the help of God and.

the unification and love of our fellow man, continue to move forward to realize his dream of a beloved community, she said. Mayor Henry Cisneros, who had asked Mrs. Parks to join the city in the celebration, said King's efforts helped everyone, not only praised Mrs. Parks for her ref usal to leave her seat "From there came the boycotts, from there came the marchers, from there came the peaceful revolution that we have witnessed in America and it started with one brave, cold, tired lady who said, 'No more. I'm not going to take it.

I'm not going to give up this Cisneros said. whole year," Mrs. Parks, 73, told the crowd after the march. Mrs. Parks, now living in gained national attention when she declined to give up her bus seat to a white man.

She was arrested and fined. then pastor of the ter Avenue Baptist Church, took up her fight and encouraged other Blacks to boycott the bus system, twhich was dependent on Blacks. King, a 1964 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was assassinated in Memphis in 1968. "It's good for the young peopel in the schools to be taught the menaing of his philosophy and as we develop our commitment and dedication and determination to be free we will not have to fear whatever obstacles come our SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (VNN) Rosa Parks, who helped spark the civil rights movement when she refused to surrender her seat on a segregated led a group of 10,000 people Monday commemorating the national holiday for Martin Luther King, The crowd, joining thousands across the country honoring the slain civil rights leaders, marched about three miles from a junior high sch ool to a plaza, both named for the Black leader. Mrs.

Rosa Parks rode in a bus similar to the one in which she made history on Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala. "We hope and pray that his memory will not be just a few days in January, but throughout the South Africa Could Learn From King's Example: Secretary Shultz wmw ATLANTA Secretary of State George Shultz, praising the non-violent tactics of the Rev. Martin Luther King said Monday that apartheid in South Africa must be dismantled without revolution and replaced by democracy. King "moved because he believed in the American way.

He succeeded because he wanted to extend the promise of that way to everyone rather than tear it down in the name of a single He didn't want a race war," Shultz said in a speech commemorating King's Volume 21, No. 22 January 24-30, 1987 wm mm; mm mf ww i I i 1 (I He said, "If whites begin a meaningful political dialogue on this basis with all their fellow South Africans, they will have firm I repeat, firm American support." Shultz's remarks came in a speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where civil rights leaders such as Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Jesse Jackson participated in the 19th annual ecumenical service honoring King. The pews of the small church, where King and his father were co-pastors, were jammed with people, including many of Georgia's elected officials. During the service, the 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolent Peace Prize was awarded to Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who was. represented by her sister-in-law, Lupito Aquino Kashiwahara. Mrs. Aquino, who led a revolt that toppled former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, "carried her nation to democracy remarkable skill and determination," Mrs. King said.

In a videotape message to the audience, Mrs. Aquino accepted the award "with deep gratitude on behalf of the Philippines. She said her husband, Benigno Aquino, was like King in that he was slain before he saw the realization of his dream The Rev. Robert Schuller, television cleric and pastor of the Crystal Cathedral at Garden Grove, delivered the sermon, hailing the day as "a holiday for all humanity." He said King taught people that, "We need dreams, especially impossible dreams that challenge us to great- ness." Shultz joined Georgia Gov. Joe Frank Harris and Sen.

Sam Nunn, in decrying racial violence Saturday in nearby Forsyth County, where a march to promote brotherhood was broken up by Ku Klux Klansmen and their supporters. Harris said such incidents are reminders that "we must continue our efforts to strive for equality, peace and. freedon for all mankind." unemployment and especially of a veteran is ridiculous," said Dave Silva, secretary-treasurer of the group. He said the group was trying to locate the veteran and his family who previously owned the home but didn't have his name. "There is no symbolism in what we are doing today," said Laval Caraway, who identified himself as a homeless man who planned to stay in the house.

Asked about the possibility of being arrested for breaking and entering, he said, "We're more concerned about six million homeless Americans. The union for the homeless in the city has spoken." 1 Two members of the second national holiday. In South Africa, Shultz said, "beycyid the commitment to end the evil of apartheid must come the commitment to lay the groundwork of a democratic South Africa, to avoid the whirlwind of violence and cruelty that could well give rise to some new form of tyranny in that tormented land." Shultz, who returned last week from a six-nation tour of Afica, said those who would reform South Africa must "assure South Africa's whites of their security as individuals and as a community." not have any legal right to occupy this home." Members of the group agreed to leave, with one of them telling Benton, "We do not want to make anyone else homeless, so we will leave peacefully." The group has said earlier they would let homeless individuals and families move into the house, which has been unoccupied for thw past two years, neighbors said. "You're asking yourself why we did this? Because there's homeless people out there and were going to bring them in said Marcus Lopez of the union. For the government to take away a home during times of 11 Secretary of State George Shultz gave examples of race relations in Minnesota and Forsyth County, Georgia (which has opposite consequences) in calling for the dismantling of South African apartheid.

Shultz recently visited parts of Africa. (Photo by Elaine itHiiuii; Homeless Occepy Repossessed A storm dumps more than six inches of snow on the Atlanta metro area, paralyzing city, school and government offices. (Photo by Wall Muhammad). TITS? repossessed at a disproportionate rate," said Ms. Carr.

"In the spirit of Martin Luther King, who has been called a 'gift to the cause of the rliennccMco 1 uf return thfKP A homes to our rightful owners." The action was planned well in advance of the recent siege of unusually cold weather. The chill may have claimed the lives of two temperatures, but final autopsy results were pending. Mayor Tom Bradley rejected using city buildings to provide shelter for the homeless during the cold snap, saying liability insurance costs prevented such a move. In L.A. Hopse Members of the group sttod outside thX single-story stucco home holding aloft large banners, while others went through the neighborhood banding out leaflets to neighbors, explaining the activity.

Several homeless people were expected to occupy the house, Silva said. Similar occupations were planned for Monday in New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Baltimore and Chicago, the group said. "Veterans comprise over one third of Los Angeles' homeless population, and their homes are organization used a crowbar to pry open the back door of the house in a tidy neighborhood of two-story homes from the 1920s and 1930s on the 39th Place in south-central Los Angeles, If authorities were present, they didn't make themselves evident while reporters and television camera crews recorded the event and conducted interviews. "Nobody wants to live in shelters and soup kitchens for the rest of their When they cut back on low-cost housing, where does that leave us? We Hve in the streets," said the group's local president, Christal Carr. Los Angeles(VNN)As part of a nationwide Martin Luther King Day protest, activists who claim the homeless need more than soup kitchens used a crowbar Monday and broke into a government-repossessed home once owned by a veteran.

Five members of the Los Angeles Union of the Homeless occupied the home briefly, then left after a Veteran Administration official told them the home had a buyer and was in escrow. "I understand the reason for your protest," VA property manager Ben Benton told the group. "But I also feel your protest should be legal, and you do.