Clarion Defender_1968-04 Special Memorial Edition

- - CLARION DEFENDER With a prayer and encouraging words for his followers, Dr. King led the long delayed march from Selma to Montgomery, trailed by some 5,000 demonstrators. They walked over the now infamous bridge out of Selma, the scene of much bloody violence and where all previous marches were . stopped. . ' f l Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, a Negro and highest-ranking American - in the UN Sec– retariat, said yesterday the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was "a national disaster, a profound American tragedy." Bunche said the shot that took Dr. King's life "has been heard around the world in its barbarism and infamy, to the shame and discredit of the United States." Bunche, u. N. Undersecretary-General and like Dr. King a holder of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that "advocates of violence in the country undoubtedly seek to exploit this sorrowful fact." 1' ) ) ~ ~ ' r t ) I APRIL 5, 1968 One of the most awful happenings --on the T.V. about 8:15 it was announced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed-- his life snuffed out by a sick mind -- someone who should have been in a hospita or dead himself, out of the way of sane people. This man had a dream. He should have beeri able to live longer to carry on his dream of what God wanted him to do. Now, if God will just send one along to take his place and carry on as God sent Aron to take Moses' place. That was the best leader we ever had. He was a man with a dream-- a world's dream to bring all the people together. He had a dream but God took him away. Now someone else will have to carry on -- but we need a le~der as a people, one of our own, for we are a people within ourselves. We need a leader. The just won't let us keep a leader long but we w+ll have to pray and pray hard to God to please give us another. With my prayers, Mrs. Beatrice Miller 2220 N. Vancouver Ave. / I N R E S P E C T T 0 A G R E A T H U M A N! ·. I T A R I A N Rhodes