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Maulana Karenga had spoken. committee’s aim was to “bring to In a loud yet raspish voice, The applause rang out almost life the inspiring vision of free­ Karenga said they were all gathered painfully from the emotional dom” of which King dreamed, “if “to raise and praise the name of crowd and expressed their grati­ only for a day.” Dr. Martin Luther King, to talk tude for that glimpse of the In Karenga LSU found a voice about his legacy and to make him “dream” which Martin Luther and an educator to deliver King’s living tradition.” He said King was King Jr. had said existed. message in ’90s parlance. Karenga, a “monument in our history” and Barely 10 p.m. on January 20, the creator of Kwanzaa, an Afri- “we must use every opportunity to 1994, you couldn’t really call it can-American holiday, is profes­ look at our history and ask what auspicious; yet, gathering them­ sor and chair of the Department lessons we can extract from it.” selves to leave the LSU Union of Black Studies at California The stage set, the occasion Theatre the audience felt moved, State University, Long Beach. agreed upon, Karenga said he had privy to a special event. Karenga is director of the Los An- to place King in context to discuss Indeed, Karenga’s address was geles-based Institute of Pan-Afri- him meaningfully. He said this the high point of the afternoon’s can Studies and chair of the man who “spoke his own special celebrations planned by LSU’s President’s Task Force on truth” was not a revolutionary but 1994 Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Education and a reformer, not an organizer but a Commemoration Committee. A Campus Diversity at CSU, Long preacher, not a Muslim but a solemn candlelight march through Beach. Christian. Karenga said he himself campus streets led the activities in It was 8:05 p.m. when Karenga was not a Christian and had some honor of the life and legacy of approached the lectern. The audi­ difficulty with King’s doctrine of King, the civil rights leader slain ence waited, hushed as at worship. non-violent resistance. Yet, he rec­ on April 4, 1968. There was no let down. Karenga ognized that was King’s ideal and The 1994 LSU Commemora­ delivered his lecture with the zest that the best ideal was to com­ tive Committee was operating un­ and energy expected of militants. pletely eliminate violence from hu­ der the banner “Social Activism as It was a stirring sermon and the man relations. a Way of Life” and wanted to church responded with quick An obvious admirer of Malcolm X, Karenga referred often to his teachings. He said Malcolm X taught that one of the most valu­ able lessons to be learnt from the study of history was the existence of “human possibilities.” Karenga said social activism was a way of life for King. He said King spoke directly to African-Ameri­ cans but was in reality speaking to all the oppressed of the world about human possibilities. He took the audience back to the period between 1600 and 1800, a time he calls the “holo­ caust,” when 14 million African- Americans were wiped out.