Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1992 Page: 1 of 12
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Tarrant County Junior College
Wednesday, January 29,1992
Fort Worth, Texas
Volume 4, Number 14
,Waking up to ‘A DREAM
Talk show host speaks of progress since King's historic speech
Denise Jones/Collegian
KKDA-AM's Dr. Brenda Wall shares her thoughts on Dr. Martin Luther King on NW Campus.
By Julie Pruitt
NW Campus News Editor
T Everyone remembers Martin
_j Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Deam
speech.
But few people know that King
also said, “F ve seen the dream turn to
a nightmare,” Dr. Brenda Wall, host
of KKDA's (730 AM) program, Call
^1 Dr. Wall, said.
Wall examined the cultivation
of King’s dream in her speech The
Dream of Liberation: Betrayed or
Fulfilled? on the NW Campus last
week.
As Wall looked across an
fl audience of more than 150 students
■ and faculty, she noted, “This is the
most diversified group that I’ve talked
to.
“Before Martin Luther King, this
diversification of peoples would not
_ have assembled here, together, to
■ listen to this speech.” Each year,
" more people are getting involved in
the celebration, Wall said.
As Wall delivered abrief history
of African-American heritage, which
included Rosa Parks, Claudette
Calvin, Marcus Garvey, Elijah
fl Muhammad and more, she noted that
* sometimes it takes a nightmare to see
a dream fulfilled.
“IttookDr. King’s assassination,
the death of a dreamer, to see progress
not only for Afro-Americans but also
I for women and other minorities,”
Wall said.
King saw the beginning of the
nightmare when four little girls from
a Sunday school class were
massacred, Wall said.
“He saw the nightmare when
dogs, hoses and violence were used
to attack his non-violent groups that
dared to confront a racist society,”
she said.
Although he foresaw the
nightmares, King was always a
dreamer. His dream originated from
the concepts of the Constitution, the
Pledge of Allegiance, the Old
Testament, Christianity and
experiences in his own life, Wall
said.
King questioned the true
meaning of “All men created equal,”
Wall said. “We know that when our
forefathers were writing the
Constitution, they did not include
native Americans, Afro-Americans
or women in their ‘equality’ basis.”
King was influenced by the Old
Testament story of when Moses went
before Pharaoh and said, “Let my
people go,” Wall continued.
‘“Repent for the kingdom of God
is at hand,’ was a Christian lesson
that King used as he confronted
Anglo-Americans who proclaimed
to be Christians yet continued not to
treat minorities as they would treat
themselves,” Wall said.
From his own life experiences,
King had seen the injustice of the Jim
Crow system, the Ku Klux Klan and
lynchings, Wall said. “These were
the sources of Martin Luther King’s
dream.”
“At first, he did not adopt a non-
violence strategy. Initially, King had
wanted to carry a gun and have armed
guards,” Wall said. “But he knew
that there would be repercussions if
he led a violent crusade; he knew that
he could never win by using violence.
“This country was founded on
violence. It was violence that started
this country; it was violent how slaves
were apprehended; and it was violent
how women slaves were regularly
raped by white owners to produce
more slaves,” Wall said.
Anglo-Americans do not like to
face all of their history because it
produces embarrassment and guilt,
Wall said: “White Americans used
the media to change history.”
Many people celebrate Martin
Luther King’s birthday today, but
some of those same people did not
celebrate with him when he was alive,
Wall said.
“Many were afraid to challenge
the status quo; many were afraid
because they felt that King was asking
for too dramatic of a change or not
radical enough of a change, and many
Afro-Americans were even afraid to
identify with their African-American
heritage,” Wall said.
(See Wall on Page 3).
“Doors have been opened, but racism is still
very much alive, —Brenda Walt,
KKDA Radio Talk Show Host
—Collegian News Review—
—If you swore you saw Julia Roberts’
face everywhere in 1991, you were right
Advertising Age magazine reported thatRoberts
was the person or topic most featured on
magazine covers last year. The late Michael
Landon followed closely. The rest of the top
10 in order, were Operation Desert Storm,
Kevin Costner, Delta Burke, Oprah
Winfrey, Jodi Foster, President Bush, Nancy
Reagan and Elizabeth Taylor.
—The rough and tough, macho-man world
of the National Hockey League is making
history in breaking down sexual barriers in the
sporting world. Earlier this year, the New Jersey
Devils hired Sherry Ross to do color commentary
on the team’s radio broadcasts. The former
newspaper writer is the first full-time female analyst
in pro sports history.
—Millions of television viewers watched the
Washington Redskins beat the Buffalo Bills in
Super Bowl XXVI on Sunday. Almost as
entertaining as the game was the play-by-play and
color commentary of CBS Sports’ Pat Summerall
and John Madden. Summerall entertained Super
Bowl boob tube viewers for a record 12th time. He
has also called Super Bowl’s II, IV, VI, VIH, X,
XII, XIV, XVI, XVII, XXI, XXIV and XXVI,
and all on CBS. Summerall has done his past
five Bowl’s with Madden. Curt Gowdy is next
for most games of Super Bowl gab with seven.
—Speaking of gabbing, Howard Cosell
has officially retired. Noticeably absent from
TV in recent years, the 73-year old has done his
own radio show in New York during that time.
Best known for his days with Monday Night
Football in the 70's and early 80's, Cosell was
also ABC’s top gun for boxing, horse racing, and
the Olympics. Originally a lawyer, Cosell spent
more than 40 opinionated years in broadcasting.
Inside. ..
— College Day is com-
ing to TCJC. Preview
on Page 3.
— NW Campus alum-
ni show off art. Story
on Page 8.
— Charles Bay retires.
Story on Page 11.
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