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Chapel staff reads King’s words to honor legacy

by Rebecca Amber Church in Montgomery, Ala. While there, he From 1960 until his death in 1968, he also DWWHQWLRQZDVWXUQHGWR¿JKWLQJSRYHUW\
Staff writer was an instrumental leader in the Montgom- served as co-pastor with his father at Ebene- He was shot while standing on the bal-
ery Bus Boycott, made famous by the non- zer Baptist Church.
This year, to celebrate Martin Luther YLROHQWUHVLVWDQFHDQGDUUHVWRI5RVD3DUNV cony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
King Jr. Day, the chapel staff decided to try He resigned this position in 1959 to move King was arrested 30 times for his partici- Tenn., and died April 4, 1968. He had gone
something new. Instead of a march or a cha- back to Atlanta to direct the activities of the pation in civil rights activities. While King to Memphis to help lead sanitation workers
pel service, readers and vocalists took their Southern Christian Leadership Conference. preached about justice, empowerment, love in a protest against low wages and intoler-
places throughout the lobby of Bldg. 3000 DQGSHDFHLQWKH¿QDOPRQWKVRIKLVOLIHKLV able working conditions.
Jan. 15 and remembered many of the words
that Reverend King once spoke. Tech Sgt. Steve and
Karen Eckles sang
“For many of us in the chapel, Reverend “Once to Every Man
King is kind of a hero because he both was and Nation” and read
an ordained minister and he was an activ- “The People are
ist. For a lot of us it’s challenging to wear Important” during a
two different hats, but he seemed to do that Martin Luther King Jr.
well,” said Chap. (Maj.) Jason Knudeson. Day celebration Jan. 15
in Bldg. 3000.
The reading started with Staff Sgt. Sa-
mantha Hull and Staff Sgt. Jasmine Wilson Air Force photograph by Rebecca Amber
reading from King’s “Rediscovering Lost
Values” written in 1954. Then from the other
side of the room, Tech Sgt. Steve and Karen
Eckles sang “Once to Every Man and Na-
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portant.”

Then Dorinda Epps sang King’s favorite
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ten ... Our God is Marching On.”

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and played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights
Movement. His lectures and dialogues stirred
the concern and sparked the conscience of a
generation.

In 1954, upon completion of graduate
studies at Boston University, he accepted a
call to serve at the Dexter Avenue Baptist

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