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AIIO L B PTIST CO VE TOTO
EGISTER 3 MllLIO EW VOTE 5
Over 5 000 nun ers
and laymen 0 the ational
Rapt' Convention USA,
Inc. (NBC) meeting in t­
on Rouge, Louisiana, too
actions that. ill dram tical­
Iy affect th B commu­
nity nationwide, ccording
to Rev. Donald Adkins, p
tor of Second Rapt'
Church, Benton Harbor.
R . Adkin, who at­
tended the mid
inI of the
Ellis U, .. stan
Pilgrim Baptist Church,
reported that the Be vot­
ed to:
-Support the concept
of p on as precinct cap-
taini ho will launch a
m voter registration
dri.
-Erect a $100,000 sta­
tue of Dr. artin Luther
King Jr. on the campus of
orehou College .in Atlan­
ta.
-Support political can­
didate ho are "in sympa­
thy with our concepts and
intere ts",
-Hold revivals twice a
year' 10 reach ou t and touch
many lives a po ible."
-Pledged 1 00,000
for scholar . ps for college
udents.
Re . Adkins noted .
th t meeting marked the
transition from the presi­
de y of Rev. J.H. Ja son
. T. L. Jemison.
Dr. Benjamin
Hook tional director of
the AACP ho urged the
Convention member to
become precinct captains
and begin am' e vote
registration drive, Rev. Ad­
kins id. The Convention
unanUno y endor d the
ide. Report on voter
registration ill be m de to
the DC.
The goal of the Conven-
tion . 3 million ne uls
for Chri and 3 million ne
voter .
, e ant our people
to be first c citizens,"
ressed Rev. Jemison. "A
good Christian ould be
good citizen, and a good
citizen ought to vote."
, e are through t ing
about numbers of member ;
we re going to do me­
thing," said Rev. Jemison of
DC, Dr. Hoo s " All
over this country th poor
and BI are being cut off
from tIleir livelihood , and
udents are being denied
an education," he charged.
"But the AACP ill and
ith the ationa! Bapti
Convention until e get to
the city called 'Freedom.'
e are going to confront
evil here er it can be
heard."
Dr. Jemison, ho a
elected president of the 6.5
million-member convention
at it meeting in September,
is pa or of ount Zion
Fir Baptist Church in B -
ton Rouge.
Dr. J.H. J ck n, presi­
dent of the body from
1953 until Rev. Jemison's
election visited the Con-
ention on ednesday of
the meeting and promised
the n pre ident his sup­
port and left after r ceiving
a anding ovation, Rev .
Adkin id.
The Convention vote to
erect tue of Dr.
as a natural outcome of
the friendship be een Dr.
King and Re . Jemi n and
the many minister member
of th DC ho or ed
ith Dr. ing.
Re . Je
P SH director,
the convention and prai
Rev. mi n.
'Wh t lot of peopl
don't realize . that Dr.
Jemison is really the father
of the modern-d y civil
right movement:' . Re.
Je J n. "The bu
boycott rted in Baton
� e 100 ho ital and get a clinic," charged
ev. athaniel Gathrisht of the propo d health clini
to be opened in the former F bank building, in
Street, Benton arbor.
"Thia I di ce to the Bl community," said-
. Gathright. "They talk ut rebuilding Benton
Harbor, but t ey e the hospital, give u a -in
clinic in the downto How will· hat attract busi-
sand offlce into downto 1"
Rev. G thright, who
leader of the uruuc­
effort to halt the
planned pullout of Mercy
Hospital, a speaking of
the p approved by th
South e em ichigan
Commission to locate the
�t and Rural Com­
munity Health A iation
(MARCHA) clinic in the
old bank buildiJlg. The
clinic ill be financed ith
S 13 million in federal and
ate grant.
The clinic ill rve the
needy and unemployed ho
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n h'
Rev. Jemi n "po ibly
erful BI
in
'd th
of the
ing up
there. '
ith all min' er
of th con n-
tion or not.