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The Dream, The Man, and His Legacy!
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastor of the Ebenezer BaptistChurch in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father served from 1931 until his death in 1984, and from 1960 until his death Martin acted as co-pastor. Martin attended segregated public schools in Georgia,
graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B.A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution in Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather graduated. After three years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania where he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class, he was awarded his Bachelor’s in Divinity in 1951. With a fel-
lowship won at Crozer, he enrolled in graduate studies at Boston University, completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955. In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott, a young woman of uncommon intellectual and artistic attainments. Two sons and two daughters were born into the family. In 1954, Martin Luther King accepted the pastorate of the Dexter Avenue Bap-
tist Church in Montgomery, AL. Always a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race, King was, by this time, a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation. He was ready, then early in December 1955, to accept the leadership of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contem-
porary times in the United States, the bus boycott described by Gunnar Jahn in his presentation speech in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The boycott lasted 382 days. On December 21, 1956, after the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on (Continued on pg. 18)
God’s Pleasant Community Church 27th Anniversary held Pastor Robert Briggs, Jr., along with Minister Martha Kimber, co-pastor and the congregation of God’s Pleasant Community Church, 1806 W. Center Street, celebrated their 27th Church Anniversary on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. and concluded Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. "We’ve Come This Far by Faith" was the anniversary theme. Pastor Gregory Lewis of Pastors United was the keynote speaker. Preaching from the Book of Hebrews 11:1 (Now faith is the evidence of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen), Pastor Lewis said: “The measure of our faith depends on how much we trust God who is always there no matter how inconsequential a situation we’re faced with may appear to us.” He went on to say, “God is always there for us and we need to be sure we follow Him closely.” Pictured at right with Pastor Briggs, Rev. Everett Hobbs and Minister Lewis are clergymen who were present for Sunday’s afternoon service.
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