NEWS
CHRISTIE:
WHEN DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING
LED THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, IT
WAS CONSIDERED A BIG STEP IN THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.AND A
COUPLE OF YEARS LATER IN 9-65,
HE VISITED SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY,
SPEAKING AT WHAT WAS KNOWN AS
SIMS HALL ABOUT EDUCATION,
POVERTY AND EQUALITY.HERE IS
AN AUDIO CLIP OF DOCTOR KING AT
S-U.
dr.
Martin luther king jr.: "one of
the most difficult lessons we
have learned in the freedom
struggle is that change is not
self operative.And you cannot
depend on american institutions
to function without prodding and
pressure.Raising the level of
awareness is at all times a
primary task.Any real change
in the status quo depends on
creative action to sharpen the
conscious of a nation"
CHRISTIE:
FORMER S-U PROFESSOR BILL WAYSON
INVITED DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR TO SPEAK AT
S-U.FOR YEARS -- THE ORIGINAL
RECORDING COULD NOT BE
FOUND...UNTIL WAYSON DISCOVERED
IT.
BILL WAYSON JOINS US NOW TO TALK
ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH DOCTOR
KING AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR THE
CAMPUS COMMUNITY.
CHRISTIE:
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE THAT MUST HAVE
BEEN. HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT
SETTING UP HIS VISIT?
CHRISTIE:
WHAT DID HIS VISIT MEAN TO THE
COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME?HEARING
DR.
KING SPEAK, WAS IT A
LIFE-CHANGING INSPIRATION?
CHRISTIE:
YOU GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH
DOCTOR KING, WHAT DO YOU THINK
HIS MESSAGE WOULD BE TODAY, AS
THE NATIONWIDE PROTESTS OVER
RACIAL INJUSTICE CONTINUE?
CHRISTIE:
YOU EVENTUALLY LEFT S-U AND
STARTED AS PRINCIPAL AT CROTON
ELEMENTARY WHICH YOU HELPED RE-
NAME DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
SCHOOL RIGHT?
CHRISTIE:
THE AUDIO OF HIS VISIT WAS
BELIEVED TO BE LOST FOR A LONG
TIME.HOW DID YOU FIND IT?
CHRISTIE:
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT DR.
KING THAT YOU THINK PEOPLE
WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW?
BILL WAYSON.
SUCH A GREAT, IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
