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te VSirA'i V'iV'i' i JWtW-i Atm i young law- the Oakland touch of the NAACP. Bt often picketed the Oakland Board of Education and the Oakland City Council, demanding that black people have a voice in the dty'a decision-making lowing King's assassination in i-'lMB, they repeatedly introduced legislation making his birthday a hoUdv-r'1 bffl was Mbjected to the Rsame attacks as' the California legislation, ultimately surviving attempts' to make It a Sunday-: only holiday or one observed on f' Despite a one-man filibuster whd accused Khogtowidetoreadc Communist eommcttonand 'a 1 last-gasp effort by the Conserva-vtive succumbed to congressional wishes and sighed the bill into law on Nov. 2. Kings widow watched 'dOno vreek later, California rDeukmeliahWlalmed Kings birthday a state emptoy-! ee holiday. Many city and county offices followed siflL civil righto Vina M.

Canaan Reviews of day marched In Sai" exmsider Reagan's ttmz establish holiday: Today, a majority of the nine-member CttyOoundl and the sefen-member achool board, la black. McCullum has risen from civil rights lawyer, to deputy district attorney In Alameda County, to Berkeley city attor-. ney, to presiding judge, of the county Superior Court But he is quick to emphasise, that his lot is the exception rather than the rule. He said Americas mistake has been to look at few who have overcome and 1 believe wrongly that they are representative of the many.i I wassalready prepared (in 4 the 60s), but there has not been any significant change in the underclass of America, said McCollum. "This is what we miss when we talk about affirmative action and when we talk about political and economic achievements.

The basic plight of the underclass in America has not changed. As a matter of fact, it has worsened. Blacks are faulted OthW civil rights leaders agree and blame blacks fof failing to continue. Kings fight' We cant afford to be passive Unde Tom Christians at a time when there's more hunger, hu- man hurt and more segregation in our schools than existed dur-. ing Martins day, said Dr.

J. Alfred Smith, pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland. Smith, wtuTalso is on the Qak-' land school board, said todays young people haw not learned Donald P. McCollum Sees no significant change i- s. r--.

r--tt the. lessons of history. Many dont know there is a struggle, so it will take even longer to fulfill the dream, be said. Wearent going to make this dream a reality In our lifetime, so therefore we have to train the younger people to pick up the fight, he said. The younger kids dont have the passion.

The arent registered to Vote. movement must have continuity. Leadership lacking Smith noted that Jesse Jack-son, Democratic presidential candidate, and Andrew Young. Atlanta mayor and former United Nations ambassador, were, both groomed by King. That type of leadership not widely evident today, he said.

Smiths comments were echoed by. Enola Maxwell, executive director of the' Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in San Francisco and a longtime commodity activist who witnessed Kings speech in.1962. act noble but an attempt to ap-JaeeM they note, originally opposed, the creation. ofelOth nattoual holiday on Ktogb birthday. He also criticised toe QvU Rights Act of 1964.

rr The Reagan administration has dismantled many of the Dr. King-led programs funded by thp government to erase the harmful effects of years of racism in America, said Pastor Smith, (and he) had tptoHy die- regarded the Martln Luther -King emphasis on less military confrontation and more face-to-face mediation to settle global differences. Caneon of the NAACP noted that the day after the Marines were killed in the-terrorist bombing of toe UJL Embassy in Lebanon, Reagan Munched an attack on the UJS. Commission of CivilRights. The president Is self-righ-teously determined to destroy civil rights, she said, and theres an absence of leadership at the highest level to create a climate where people can re-, think their racism.

-Si- Floyd Senders initiated effort te By The Mi Floyd Sanders was only a toddler when Martin Luther King Jr. died. But he is doing his share to preserve Kings memory. The 17-year-okl Oakland Tech junior is -off to Atlanta this weekend, along with teacher Tay McArthur and three former Tech to announce a national student campaign to have Kings birthday observed in every state. The whole thing was Floyds states, McArthur Tech sthdehto'srill coordinate the let-ter-iaiting' and lobbying cam-others of- effective wkys to push legislation.

Members! of Techs Apollo class of J981 hdped to get the MMiy igttitiiin pssioil In Cal ifornia. Gwendolyn Lovely, Son- King is worthy of having a holiday in his mdmocy, he said. It will mean a lot to blacks and whites, and especially to the children. Hes a put of our Recent legislation, to become effective in 1986, makes the third Monday in January a holiday for federal workers. And 19 states legally observe Kings birthday.

But tor Floyd and other- students at Oakland Tech, to PPt enough. Munching a program to go after the remaining 81 Frandaco on the 20th anniversary. of the Washington march lari August Its such a struggle to bring the youth to anybodys attention, because its not a told -Maxwell. A lot of effort needs to be placed on the Tights of children. If we dont- take toe responsibility, we havd no-free-1 aonv Maxwell said the spirit of love and fellowship portrayed, by King has been lost because puK pie believe a few victories have' been won and toe battle hi We.ve slid agreed Assemblyman ESihu Harris, D-Oakland.

We need vigorate ourselves in the struggle tor Justice and equality. It is that people understand that his dream has not become a realUy. 11' at Vitriolic battle Harris, with Sea Nicholas Petris, D-Oakland, foughtavitriol-. ic battle in the Cslifornia Legislature in -August 1981 to win passage of the bill designating kings birthday a statewide school holiday. The by Harris at toe urging of the' 1981 graduating Of HUb1'' School, was first assaulted by right-wing RqpuMicqns who ac-cmed lQn of Communist sym-pa'HiUy mil blocked.

demanding better treatznent from black legislators. They ddnt- vrart to admit thatracisra is a reality -in this country, Harris said of the people who attacked King's I y-i The; buttle was tougher tor Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, and others. Fol- and Gwanklow Productions are sponsoring.

a celebration at 'Kresge Auditorium at 6 pm. at Stanford University. General admission is $5, students IS. Seniors and youth under 12 are free. Kings So what is the significance, of a holiday honoring Dr, Kingtf It AUiog's CobtributiQbB td this codhtry airi the efforts he made to human rights of this country and the world, said Assemblyman All schools, state offices, Ala-' meda and Contra Costa county offices will be closed Mooday to the 55th birthday of Dr.

Martin Lqther King California schools have cele--, brated the King birthday since -1961, when the Legislature made it a state school holiday. Prior to that, individual school districts decided whether or not to give students the time off. Last Gov. Deuk-mejian 'signed legislation mak-. ing Jan.

19 a holiday for all state employees. Kings birthday, which is today, is being celebrated by the state Monday. Prmldent Iteaij'riimed. bill into law making 19 national holiday list Novemto, but that legislation does not take" effect until 1986.1 NeadyjjlLeity offices to both, counties will be open, with toe -exceptions of Pittsburg, Marti-, nez, Berkeley and Oakland Normal mail service will be. available and all -bank! will be.

open. part tion. The four students oq Mbn3ay--" will present a painting of KigKJ by San Fraqciaco artist lvan Garrik to the Martin. LuQipl, King Jr. Center Jar.

Noovioleno' Social Change Already and adminv istrators representing .18, Vhp. students across the country have1'' signed up to be part of the drive, called Students for a Maftia" Luther King Holiday. The Tech- group has MSMT working since last spring on the Atlanta trip. But when plans were finally-solidified in. Atlanta Mat the group was faced with a lastd minute scramble to raise for the trip.

a Oaklands City Council' stepped in to offer SIJMO, vided the sdiool district wdd(C match their Though the school board was willing flBT" district was prohibited ulegally from using school funds. With $1,600 in hand and MflflL in piedgc vtbe voama witha the. ijemainidg 884NT? Mur'lrit1ny id prepafktidns in'Atlanta, students leave toddy after speaking at Phillis Berkeley at 8 p.m. $40f to h- with a dance hosted by Ashkenax at 1817 San Pablo Ave. Donation is 88.

BERKELEY -T The East BayiSectloo of the National Council on Negro Women will sponsor entertainment by students from Oakland High School at Phillip Temple Church, 8882 Adeline St, at 2 p.m. PALO ALTO The Stanford Gospel Choir A variety of events have been scheduled today and Monday, to commemorate the 95th birthday of Dr, Martin Luther King the slain civil rights leader. Although hM actual birthday is today, Jan. 15, many are also celebrating Monday. On Thursday, the annual Martin Luther King Awards Night wll be held at 7:80 pjn.

at toe King High School, 1781 Rose St in Berke-' My. Thd eugql is open to the public. Many events honoring Dr. King were held last week. Because today Is Sunday, many Bay Area churches are pnw--ng special events in memory of King.

Here are some activities occurring today: RICHMOND A candlelight vigil march will be begin from the lnter-. section of Macdonald Avenue and Harbour Way In downtown Ricb- mood at 5 pm. and end at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Crater at 860 Harbour Way South. A commem- orative program will be- gin at 6:15 p.m.

The march is being sponsored by the Richmond Department of Parks andRecreafion." BERKELEY All-: day activities begin At, noon, with a memorial, walk from Adeline and Woolsey streets (ne'ar the Ashby BART station)' and proceed north down Martin Luther King Jr. Way (formerly Grove Street) to the Veterans 1981 Center 8L, where a comr inanity festival begin at L90pjn.Admis-. sion The commemoration will end at 9:80 pm. I J. v-- amous Name BrandsW-Originally MastaiCard, dimrican Express ori Osvklson a Ucht Charge Accounts i Monday UwunhSoiwday.OJMcOO 1-1 -t .4,,.

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