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April 09, 1980 - Image 7

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Publication:
Michigan Citizen, 1980-04-09

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Dedria
Detroit (]UIoule
Rev. C.T. Vivian,
director of the Southern
Christian nbip Con­
ference (SCLC) main .
th t the r pce of
� u Klux can be put
do with a concentra d
effort c1. the christian
church,
Vivian, 55,
Board of
.. er of e
e odi t Confer­
nee of
propopnda.
"They ould be d-
. out tracts at the church
c
c or
c
ch SCLC will again be
in the forefront the
m of peop learn that
tb political system has not
benefited them," he . d.
I SCLC d its problems
ith fmancial oIvency re
spotlighted on a recent
edition of 60 inute ".
Re . Vivian attributes the
fundraising problem to a
of po ere e felt
by the SCLC in the 70'
more people turned their
fi cial pport to the
political sy ems.
" e felt a certain -
unt of po er in
meeting our aff funding
n , 10 turned
mapzine 0 er to this fund-
, r for a 1 SO,OOO con­
tract. e didn't len
actly t
but e
, ttiog a
declar .
Je
th
stroog IUIllJIler
at Union Pier. but
era! gue &p-
re. One ch
�ar ee as February
11, 1952 when he addrea­
eel the Boy Scout court
of hooor at Benton Harbor
Hi8h school. Highlights of
an ar that appeared
the paper th xt day:
"J Owe thinks
tod y' athletic co
able to do a much better
job 'th young t than
til co ch 0 decad
o.
''The
champ'on y coaching
ciYanced from a gue
pIne to a highly
prof; . n be the
educa . na1 requirement
DO demanded of athletic
directors.
The po erie
Vivian describe ding
SCLC to profiteering
fundrai r is 0 re t of
cism. But, he pointed out,
not all po erie
racism.
"Sometime people
forget, but all poo , B ck
and bite, benefitted from
th struggle of the 60's.
Social lfue p ogram
II e out goodies to hites
ell Bla 0 in
th 80', e must meet
the time ready for a
profound change," he
pointed out.
Rev. Vivian said talk
. no looger enough.
" e n ction. Ac-
tion people d cide
on good d evil. Action
te ts e dignity d integ­
rity 0 christian reli­
gion. From integrity come
value "he d.
Carr to atte d B lac
meet
----------------�
Benton Harbor busi­
De Percy L. Can, 0 -
er of Fashio fo All Se -
ns, ill be attending the
second atlonal B ck
Economic Summit eet-
to be held onday,
April 14, in ashington
D.C.
Parren J.
oping the
fi year
economic
Over SOO B
De peop e from cr
country Win con to
. . the meet's conwnor t
I
invitation
Mitchell.
race, color or creed.'
said ould promote
a ne uodentandin of the
p oblems of youth an'd
ca improvements . d
of criticism.
"After OWe fi' d
ape . t 200 Boy Seou
swarmed 0 the s after
his autograph, all W1eeiJlla
t he' much of a
dwnpion tod y 16 yean
0."
d and are ble to get
the maximum performance And I he remain
out of a player without a champion.
causiog unnecessary injury.
". . . Owens fee the
oompetiti . 't of
athletes 't ept pace
tth the adYancem nt in
coaching profi . on.
"Still the and trim
years after he on Olym-
pic med four
en, Ow
guent er
e OIl the fa
on the fteld ...
eel

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