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Pauw Wow
By Ray Martignoni
More than 500 persons jammed into the oppressively hot Dinneen Auditorium
September 21, at 11:00 a.m. to hear Dr. Martin Luther King describe his American
Dream.
Dr. King spoke after receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws and Letters during the annual Michaelmas Convocation. Amid
the popping of flashbulbs and
the grinding of television cameras, Dr. King declared the
American Dream of all men being created equal has, as
yet been unfulfilled. He denounced
segregation as sinful and bitterly
condemned those who profess
principals of democracy but in
truth practice the antithesis
these principles.
The civil rights leader termed
segregation an "anemic demon" and said the price of it would
be our own destruction. He declared the United States must act
now to destroy it before it is too
late.
Dr. King's dream includes not
only equal rights for all in the
United States, but also a world
wide brotherhood. He said unless
we live as brothers we shall perish as tools.
Turning back to the civil rights
issue, Dr. King urged
"massive action programs to end the long night of
segregation and discrimination." He
said civil rights action would not be confined to the South
but would be expanded to the North.
He said every northern city would become a powder
keg unless the tensions brought on by de facto segregation
were relieved.
Dr. King destroyed the myth that all that was needed to get
Negroes their equal rights was time and that the civil rights
movement should move more slowly.
"The time is always now," he declared.
Dr. King emphasized the fact that legislation is an important
part in the civil rights battle. He said that although
legislation could not change a persons ideas, it could regulate his
behavior and restrain the heartlessness.
Citing his own non-violent forms of resistance, he condemned violence
and said it created more problems than it solved. He branded
civil rights violence a tragic method which would lead to meaningless chaos.
Despite the current problems Dr. King reaffirmed his faith in the future:
"Although some will be scared, lose jobs and be called bad names,
our problems will be solved. We shall overcome."
He foresees a world in which there will be a symphony of brotherhood. A
world, "where all of god's children, white and black, Protestant and Catholic,
Jew and Gentile, will be free at last."
(Saint Peter's College Student Newspaper)
October 1, 1965
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