European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 King s Bream and legacy from the voting Booth to the classroom Black americans Are better off today than they were More than two decades ago when Martin Luther King or. Rallied the civil rights movement. Cut cation he Fly shool Elm Dillon Ritti for a Wool 20-24 194 health lift pct Ney in or o to bl0k� who cml to mics elt4 Bitch official 1m Lim than 800 1990 9.056 2% of total vote r registration 83.? 70.8 1913  71 we Lett 75.1 poverty pict nut to Low  it vol _ non what us Iliili s1. Whitw q1s.3% 19m _ non who 631 30.8% Whittl qu.5w 1m3 non.wfihmqlo.81tr Wilth j 544 1915 St Ohaldo Chi Etc i Atlanta City Council member John Lewis a True Bona fide Patriot Friend recaps his we with civil rights Leader we Ltd 0 5.9% source a Niue Bun a. A Lon la it a nor a sixth . And joint a nth r Tor political Studl i up Mph la by Chris Este staff writer Frankfurt a toot Soldier of Martin Luther King or. Who is in Europe to help celebrate the Holiday honouring King said the late civil rights Leader produced Light in dark places John Lewis now an Atlanta City Council member was b dose Friend of King. In speeches this week in Germany Lewis is recalling his time Wilh King whom he first met in 1 958 in Montgomery Ala. Ill never forget thai meeting Lewis told an Audi ence at the Drake no club Friday. It was the beginning of a Beautiful relationship. Their relationship Jed Lewis into the civil rights movement. Lewis is a Veteran of Selma Ala. Ire Edmund pct us Bridge and the nationally Tel exed carnage there on bloody sunday where he received a concussion. _ .,.Lewis said one of his strongest memories of King followed bloody sunday when King hew to Selma to visit him in the  said John Don t worry. Well make in to head Beautiful Man. He was at the same time so Black and so american. He must be defied i As a Patriot a Irue Bona fide Patriot. He is a founding father of the new South. The Assassin of Martin Luther King did not kill he dream. It was Loo right Loo necessary to be buried a is said to led Freedom i div on interstate highways to protest segregated facilities. Riding through re wifi.  he was attacked to mob. The ride continued to Montgomery a Rene was beaten again. The ride ended in Jackson. Miss., where he was arrested and spent 37 Days in jail mostly in parch Man slate Penitentiary. Lewis said he was arrested 40 limes Between i960 and 1966 and once last year for protesting South african apartheid. Lewis born in 1940 to a sharecropper in Rural Ala Bama said he still has Strong memories of signs read ing while Only or negro  those signs Are gone in America because of mar tin Luther King he said. Because of Martin Luther King we have witnessed a non violent revolution. We Are a belter country More humane More caring Lewis said he believes King wanted Equality for More than Jurt Blacks. He was a spokesman not Only far Blacks but for All who have been left behind or left out he said in his speech. As Long As one segment of society is left behind we All  Lewis described King As a nun who produced Light in dark  he brought dirt and filth out from under the Rug. He had the Power to bring people  yet Here was another Side to King Lewis said. He would Tell jokes and make you laugh until you cried Lewis said. And he loved Good food. He would see some Hole in the Wall with a sign that said Barbe Cue and he would say let s Stop and get something to eat,1"Lewis said Martin Luther King or. Day is a Holiday not just for King but also far the ideals he stood  the official Day is wednesday ii will be celebrated Jan. 20. Lewis spoke of the Progress Blacks have made in in South. He said that in 1965 there were less than 100 elected Black officials in the 11 Southern states. Today there Are More than i Odd "1 think or. King would be gratified by the projects we be  Lewis Slid lifter the speech. He said much of the Progress in civil rights was made because of the military. Bunck men returning from world War ii and Korea went to College Goi Federal jobs emerged us leaders of the movement he said. Lewis also commented on the military Altitude to Ward race relations. I think if american society look a Page from the military it would be much better off he said.  also was critical of the a Naguit administration. The president and the administration Are out of step with some of the Progress we Mude in the 60s und "70s," he said. "1 Don t think we re slipping Back. Idon t think we can. I think we re just marching in  Lewis also said he does not compare the racial prob lems South Africa is mired in to the unrest in inc Stales during the civil rights movement we never had inc  racism. It s been legalized in South Africa. Their system of government failed to recognize a sense of Justice of  said he fears violence in that country will continue until Progress is  was scheduled to speak from ll30 . To 1 30 . Monday at the Heidelberg officers club from 1 . To 2 30 . Wednesday at kyber Thea Ter Kleber Casesi Kaiser Shulen find firn 11 Iio . To i . Thursday Ai the kale officers and civilians club on Darby Cavern Nuernberg