The San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1993 Page: 1 of 16
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Annual Martin Luther King Edition
Publisher's Point
by_'
Edwin N. Glosson
A change is gonna come......when we make it happpen
"A change is gonna come...I go to
my brother and say brother help me
please, but he winds up knocking me
back down on my knees.....It’s been
too hard living, but I'm afraid to die,
because I don't know what's up there
beyond the sky. There's been time
when I thought I could not make it
alone, but now I'm able to carry
on.. AChangelsGonnaCome... Yes
it is."
Those words are part of the lyrics"
AChangelsGonnaCome,”sung by
the late Sam Cooke more than 25
years ago. They were true then and
those lyrics can be applied to to day's
society.
A change for the better is under
way. Many times we felt like giving
up and turning from nonviolence to
violence but we kept on marching,
Looking toward the dream that Mar-
tin Luther King believed in.
ing until we saw a glimpse of
progress. That progress was evident
Monday when 17,000 people from
all walks of life participated in the
traditional three mile march which
ended at Martin Luther King Plaza
Those people paid tribute to Martin
Luther King, Jr., not because it was
aholiday, but because they are living
proof that a change has come and
more changes are on the way for a
better nation.
As the nation honored King with
marches and various ceremonies in
bis honor, the best honor came
Wednesday when Bill Clinton was
sworn in as the 42nd President of the
In King's last speech in Memphis,
he said, "I might not get there with
you, but we as a people will get to
the promi&d land."
King must be smiling from ear to
ear to see so many Blacks involved
in the Clinton organization- from
the transition team to the cabinet
And this time we'll have more than
one cabinet post-there are four
blacks who will sit in the Clinton
cabinet. Blacks performers, as usual,
led the list of entertainers perform-
ing during various events this week.
King's voice for blacks to vote and
have a voice*in this government was
clear this past November when
Clinton defeated George Bush.
Blacks turned out in record numbers
because our voice was not going to
be denied-a dream had to live on. ‘
If America is truly the melting pot
of the world, then more Blacks and
minorities must get involved. They
must have a voice in the decision
making body of government.
Yes, King must be proud that
America is moving in the right direc-
tion to the drumbeat of progress.
There is no time to relax, but we
must keep beating the drum for
progress and change. There are many
problems facing this nation and the
cities all across America. There are
social problems with racism creep-
live.
If we are going to keep this change
for progress going, then we must
continue to work to keep King's
dream alive by getting involved-
\Ve can’t wail for the other person to
make that move. If something needs
to be done-just do it.
A change is gonna come-only when
we make it happen.
Thursday, January 21, 1993
Vol. 61/38
17-year oIcHtljfn dies from gunshot wound
CEO of
Beatrice dies
Teen was reportedly depressed
because of arrest warrant for
murder, being hunted
Reginald Lewis, reccnuy named
by Foibes as one of the richest men
in America with a fortune pegged at
$400 million dollars, died in New
York Tuesday of complications
brought on by brain cancer.
Lewis was the chairman, chief ex-
ecutive, and principal shareholder
of TLC Beatrice—a multibillion
dollar food empire. His death came
one day after it was disclosed that he
had brain cancer, andthat his half
brother, Jean Fugett, Jr, a former
Dallas Cowboys and Washington
Redskins tight end would head the
company.
Most people were unaware that the
person running the company that
produced such products as Orville
Reddenbacher popcorn and Wesson
Oil was Black.
Lewis bought the company nearly
6 years ago in a leverage buyout for
$985. In 1991 it had re venues of $1.5
KUUnn
uitiiun.
Lewis was bom in Baltimore where,
"God smiled on us today," one marcher was overheard saying Monday, referring to the unseasonably warm day that
saw neatly 17,000 people turn out for San Antonio's Martin Luther King march. ptloto by \ Wallace
Martin Luther ^
King Commission
The late Dr S. H. James was hon- V
ored posthumously by the Martin Jjf dH»| hHa l
Luther King Commission for his \ f
Family members are finding it
difficult to believe that Eugene
Peoples could have shot himself.
Die 17-year old man, said to be
depressed because he was wanted on
a warrant charging him with murder
add because he was being sought by
relatives of the victim, reportedly
shot and killed himself around 7:30
p. m. last Friday.
Eugene “Romeo” Peoples, of the
3700block of East Commerce Street,
was shot in the head with a .45-
caliber semiautomatic handgun.
His girlfriend, who had been living
with Peoples in a house on Paul
Street, said that Peoples had
threatened to shoot himself earlier,
but that she grabbed the gun and
stopped him. Later, he sat on the
bed, put the gun to his head and
pulled the trigger. He was shot
once.....on the left side of his head.
Homicide Detective Eddie Rohrer
said that the woman said that Peoples
was depressed because he was going
to be arrested on a murder warrant,
and all the friends and relatives of
the deceased were looking for him.
’Peoples was charged in a Dec. 18
arrest warrant with the murder of 20-
year old Anthony “Bubb^” Hastings
at the Sutton Homes.
Hastings was shot in the back of the
head and the buttocks on the evening
of Dec. 18 after he had attacked a
female friend of Peoples.
During an argument earlier that
afternoon, a woman was knocked to
the ground and her head pounded
into the pavement in the 100 block of
Casper Walk during an argument
with a man over a necklace.
Hastings and another man were
arguing about that attack when
Hastings was shot, police said.
At the time he was killed, Hastings
was wanted for questioning by police
about an attack on a 14 year old girl.
Funeral service are pending at
Carter-Taylor-William Mortuary.
The Register was unable to
determine how the Medical
Examiner’s Office had ruled on the
death at press time ^
The family is afraid of further
retaliation from friends of the man
Peoples alledgedly shot.
Inauguration
selling the Afro-American newspa-
per.
After graduating from Harvard
Law School, Lewis moved to New
York, specializing in corporate and
securities law at a Manhattan Law
firm. In 1973, he formed his own
firm.
Center of boot
camp controversy
given 32 year
prison sentence
A 21-year old man was sentenced
to 32 years in prison after controversy
arose over his serving time in boot
camp.
James Myart III was charged with
various felonies and the Register
reported the story early last year.
Young Myart, son of attorney James
Myart, plead guilty in a plea bargain
in which he spent 90 days in boot
camp with the belief that he would
be eligible for 10 years probation.
After an outcry from the commu-
nity, Judge Pat Priest refused to ac-
cept the plea bargain.
Attorney James Myart accused the
judicial system of not honoring its
commitments, saying that his desire
is that the justice system dispense
justice without regard to race and
contributions to the civil right
movement.
Rev. James, longtime pastor o
Second Baptist Church, was pre
seated the Martin Luther Kin;
Freedom Award Sunday aftemooi
• at theCarverCen ter during the Marti
Luther King Public Awards program
Also nominated were Henriett
Griffin, James Myart, Charles Land)
and James Vasquez.
Rev. James' son, Carl James, ac-
cepted the award for his late father.
Rev. James was a major force in
San Antonio's civil rights movement,
often negotiating with city and
business leaders out of die limelight
to bring about change for Blacks in
San Antonio.
He was the city's first B lack council
person, running and winning on the
Good Government League ticket for
two terms.
Rev. James assumed leadership of
Second Baptist Church in 1944, af-
ter the death of his father. Hepastored
the church, until December,. 1992,
dying 11 days after his resignation.
Photo by Alice Wallace
Inaugural prayer service held
at A. M. E. church in D. C.
The historic 112-year old
Metropolitan African Methodist
Episcopal Church in downtown
Washington, D. C. made history
Wednesday morning.
President Clinton/his wife Hilary,
and daughter Chelsea were joined by
Vice-President A1 Gore andfris wife,
Upper, and many other dignitaries
for the Inauguration Day prayer
service.
Although the church has been
visited by presidents throughout its
history, this is the first time that it, or
any African-American church has
been selected to be the site for the
prayer service.
Flanked by members of his
incoming administration, President
Clinton was seen to wipe tears from
his eyes atone point as gospel singers
sang.
The church, which has been referred
to as “the national cathedral of
African Methodism,” has a long and
colorful history in Washington.
Frederick Douglas preached against
segregation from its pulpit, and the
church’soriginal site on Capitol Hill
was a stop for the Underground
Railroad.
Vernon Jordan, head of Clinton’s
transition team, is a member pf the
church.
Henry Cisneros, ex-mayor of San
Anatonio and President Clinton’s
designee for HUD Secretary, was
among those attending the service.
honor its commitment without
equivocation. Myart said that the
principals had been forsaken in
Tuesday's proceedings.
The younger Myart will be eligible
for parole in seven years.
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State of Chamber
address will focus
on study
Joe Linson, chairman of the Board
of the Alamo City Chamber of
Commerce will present the annual
Slate of the Chamber address
Thursday, Jan. 21. at the chamber
monthly meeting.
Linton, who is also a member of the
San Antonio Business League, will
focus on the San Antonio Disparity
Study.
The study, released late last year,
revealed that Blacks were receiving
0% of the business contracts from
the city that they should have
received, based upon their
population.
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