European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 5. 1989 the stars and stripes. Page 9 King s daughter comes on dad s dream staff alter Darmstadt. Wisl Germany preoccupation with Durand a widening Gull Between the haves and have not Alec cd All american1 and require the nation to cot As priorities lit daughter of slain civil rights Leader Martin ther King or. Says. Yolanda King save a lingering problem in America is our preoccupation Ith War and the tart that we Are pulling Loo m Uch of our resources into i have no problem with King said Friday in an interview. I have a loll problems with our obsession with . We have got to come to grips with thai and perhaps we arc she said. "1 am very encouraged by what has Happy no Dover the last couple of. Years Wilh soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and with the activities of president King on a we Klong tour of . Mili tary installation in West Germany said she is seriously concerned Aboul the wid ening Gulf Between the Haws and have not. Until we begin u focus our Priori ties and re evaluate what is really important we will continue to have the wide spread poverty hunger and Home la a Ness that exist in America. King said she was optimistic about the tone hush administration calling it a very positive the whole idea of u Kinder More gentle nation is Good to she said. In a speech earlier Friday to a theater full of soldiers and family members at Cambrai Frisch Cavern the a circus producer shared thoughts on issues ranging from Black history. Month to the civil rights movement and needed changes in american society. Her talk was part of the Community s Black his tory month activities. It is imperative the said thai All people know the history of afro Ameri cans in order to know the True history so Brenda Laura together we can move into a More Linn St productive future Yot Andu King say of the world then perhaps nge Shtir we can wove into a More honest productive King on Zijic years 1954 through l%8, which have became known As the modern Day civil rights movement Era. She described it As a Brief time when inc Equality Freedom and sisterhood and brotherhood so Nec Essary to creating .1 society where we could live together As Brothers and Sis tors seemed a very tangible possibility. Your knowledge of that period has hopefully been reinforced As the country paused on Jan. 16 of this year to commemorate the birthday of Martin Kino or. In the fourth National Holiday in his Honor she said. This symbolic act assured us that at least this portion of our history will never be after acknowledging. Achievements by american Blacks. King told the Audi ence that much remain Eden be done we must also realize that we arc faced with a country where 33 percent of our population 18 Vears and older arc Frinc. Lion ally or marginally citing niger problems thai plague american Young people such As unemployment and drugs. King said. The reality is we arc not providing the Basic fundamental necessities for people incur if the problem with american Young people is not looked at i Orth rightly the said it is going to explode in ways that we have not seen King said she believes the eng wifi can dream fiercely pursued by her father is still Only a Treani racism sexism injustice and inequities of All shapes and Sia s remain. If we Are to achieve a semblance of the kind of peace with Justice in this Eugun iry. In the world we must continue to create Means to remedy these ills my father s utterance rings persistently either we will learn to live together As Brothers and Sisters or we will perish together As fools " abortion protesters liability for damages upheld l y inc new y
