Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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I Have cr Dream . . ivil Rights leader Remembered lonuory QO, 19-So wos the first time thot the birthdoy of the Rev, Dr, Morrin Luther King, Jr. hos been notionolly recognized. Even though SEMO hod ciosses thot doy, students stili poid tribute to Or. King ond turnoot tor the ceremonies honoring Dr. King wos high. But for those who orent owore of the reoson for hoving o doy in his honor, the rest ot this orticle is for you. Dr. King wos born in Arionto, Georgie, on lonuory 15, 1929. His iorher, olso o minister, instiiled in him o sense of reverence from on eoriy oge, Dr. King grodooted from Morehouse College in his notive town ot she oge of19 ond received his doctorote in the-oiogy or the oge oi Qo. King orgonized soon otter the Southern Christion Leodership Conference CSCLC5 ond summoned together o number ot block leoders. As president of the SCLC, he sought to ossist other communities in orgonizing protests ogoinst discriminotion ond boosting voter registroiion. Dr, King wos more thon just o block civil rights leoder. He led o foce of Americon people to o position of dignity ond occeptonce, something which wosnt the cose in the 19505, when Dr. King begon his crusode, He wos o prime motivotor of the 382-doy-long Montgomery, Aiobomo bps boycott of 1956, which led the US. Supreme Court to declore the Alobomo lows requiring bus segregotion unconstitutionoi. Dr, King ond the SCLC continued to protest ogoinst discriminotion throughout the South ond wos even orrested mony times for his ottempts to bring obour the relotive freedom thot oil citizens enjoy todoy. Even imprisoned, he could not be silenced. During o 1963 moss protest in Birminghom. Alobczmo, obout unioir hiring procrices ond discriminotion by deportment store iocilities. Dr, King ond other non-violent protestors were toced with police brutolity such os being hosed down with woter or high pressure, being ortocised by police dogs ond being beoten with nightsticlss omong other things. They were eventuoiiy orrested, but Dr, Kings iletter From A Birrninghom loilf' set she record stroighr: thot the struggle for equolity wos not over, lt hod oniy just begun. Lore-r in 19698, Dr. King wos the keynote speoiser ot the historic Morch On Woshington, in which his speech, l Hove A Dreomj' moved the opproximore SGODOO porticiponts there ond moved miiiions more elsewhere, Dr, King's ochievements Sed to his ocquisition oi the Nobel Peoce Prize in i9oci. However, he stiil wosn't sotistied. ln 1965, he led o voter registrotion compoign which eventuolly congeoled into the tomous Selmo CAio.P to Montgomery CAlo.D Freedom Morch. Despite jeering from people on the sidelines, Dr. King hod the support of mony people, including Tony Bennett, o populor white recording ortist of thot doy. He morched with Dr. King on thot doy, Dr. King went to Chicogo to lounch o slum rehobilitotion progrom, but he wos greeted coldly by young, ongry blocks who felt thot non-vioience wos much too slow o method, These groups odvocoted violence ond revolution os o remedy to the problem ot rociol ineguity. Dr. King reolized thot he must concentrote his efforts on o more generol couse: world peoce. He hod o dreom of universol peoce ond brotherhood ot o time when so much conflict ond unrest existed in the worid. The United Stores wos the greotest purveyor of violence in the world, Dr. King once sold, So he wonted to fuse the forces of the civil rights movement with those who simply wonted peoce. Dr, King, in soying this, become o lsey protestor of the wor in Vietnom. His efforts were instrumentol in roising the sociol consciousness of o notion in desperote need of it. Besides octively speaking for civil rights ond speolsing ogoinst Vietnom, he olso compoigned for o wor on poverty. Dr. King tied the issue of wot with thot of Vietnom, Money thot could hove been helping the notions poor wos going to send mony young men to their deoths in o wot thor wos not exploined, occording to Dr, King, One such move by Dr, King in his wor on poverty led to his own cosuolty. ihe trogedy hoppened or Memphis, Tennessee, where he wos pionning o morch which lent support for cr sonitotion worisers' strilse there. On April 3, 1968. he toid o church congregotion, iiWell, I dont know whot wili hoppen now - out it reolly doesnt motterf' The next evening. Dr, King wos lsiiled by on ossossins builet. A mon dedicoted to non-violent protest os o meons to peoce met his end vioientiy, Mony people felt thot molsing the birthdote of the Rev. Dr. Mortin Luther King, Jr. o notionol holidoy would provide ot leost one doy during the yeor when ol! Americons would hove the opportunity to reflect on the ldeols which Dr, King lived ond died for. Poy tribute to him on his birthdoy ond remember the dreom yeor round. M David Dmndon King Tribute I

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MAIN FLOOR set sow Je ' ADMIT ONE THIS DATE x i , 98 - Concerts stuncnv ACTIVITl S GUNCIL PRESENTS 1 1 3 1 'CHEAP TRICK4' it if 1 if CAPE ARENA BUILDING Nov 1 Q your To kick off the year, l-leod East, o popular 70's rock group, enter- tained students with a concert on the intramural fields. Concerts lmpro ve - The Student Activities Council CSACD wos busy this year presenting the biggest concerts in SEMO history. To kick off the year, SAC, in cooperation with Miller High Life, sponsored the John Woite!Shooting Star concert which took place in September at the SEMO District Fair. Although the acts previously sponsored by SAC were good, some seemed a bit outdated, John Waite, formerly of the rock group 'The Babys' was the first current rock act to hit the SEMO area in some time. Concert-wise, until two years ago, SAC had the reputation for getting 'has beens.' The newer acts are getting a much better turn out, said Scott Law, vice-president of programming. According to Law, people have expected more with the increase in fees. The funding for the shows comes from an agency account, which is on open-end account. Ticket soles money goes back into the account, but does not always compensate for the money spent, Law said. Law commented that the John Waite!Shooting Star concert was to cost 515,000 with sound ond lights, but ended up being close to 500,000 after paying all advertising costs, rent for the concert site, the electric bill, and catering for the bond ond crew members and other expenses. On Monday, November 18, students had the opportunity to see Cheap Trick, one of the nation's hottest bands. Although SAC lost nearly 53,000 on the event, the Cheap Trick!Elvis Brothers concert was coiled a success. Roy Wells, assistant director of Student Life Activities, blamed the loss on the bond's declining popularity and the fact that the concert was held on a Monday night. A bond without any hit tunes won't draw a lorge crowd, said Wells, Cheap Trick just isn't os popular as they were in the past because it has been a while since their lost album, Bruce Santhuff, chairman of major concerts with SAC, explained that the reoson they booked the act wos not entirely due to their popularity, but also the fact that they were inexpensive. Santhuff said he had expected a high energy show, According to several of the people in ottendonce, that is exactly what Cheop Trick had given and SAC's efforts paid off, - Linda Rathka