10- The Michigan Daily -- Weekend etc. - Thursday, January 19, 1995

A final look
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The voices that spoke and those that listened

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Top: Marshon Peoples leads chants of "Fight the Power"
during the BSU march which called on University
President James Duderstadt to turn the Michigan Man-
date into action.
Bottom Left: an unidentified woman silently speaks her
voice during the BSU march's stop at the graduate
library steps

Middle: Former NAACP director Benjamin Hooks addresses
the need for a continuing struggle for racial justice during his
speech at Hill Auditorium
Bottom Right: Black Student Union speaker Nina Smith listens
to the voices of University of Michigan protesters during
Tuesday's celebration of MLK Day.

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Mark Friedman/Daily

The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a martyr who
dedicated his life - and ultimately gave his life - to fulfill-
ing his dream of racial equality and understanding among all
people. It is therefore only fitting that we honor his legacy
through remembrance, activism and a continued commitment
to making King's dream a reality.
Most importantly, however, we must not focus on Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as the sole time for honoring this
great man and reflecting on how each of us may contribute to
the fight for racial justice. King didn't pursue his dream only .
one day a year, but every single day of his life. If we are ever
to live as this American hero wished us to, we must continue
in the pathway he laid out for us second after second, day

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