[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, the Philadelphia Martin Luther 
King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence held its 15th Annual King Day 
Luncheon on January 20. I wanted to take a few minutes of Senate 
business today and share this very moving experience with my 
colleagues.
  Mr. President, I had the honor and privilege of participating in the 
King Day celebration. The annual program in Philadelphia is a very 
moving tribute to Dr. King and is the largest national celebration of 
this great civil rights leader. Additionally, the program serves as the 
most ecumenical and multicultural annual gathering for the city of 
Philadelphia.
  In recent years, this program has featured such special guests as 
Gen. Colin Powell and Vice President Al Gore. The King Association has 
also honored such dignitaries as Rosa Parks, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Judge 
Leon Higginbotham, Attorney Bernard Segal, and one of our colleagues in 
the U.S. Senate, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun.
  Under the leadership of the Honorable C. DeLores Tucker, the King 
Association has the unique mission of promoting and implementing the 
principle of nonviolence throughout the Northeast. The fact that the 
association serves as the only affiliate of the King Center in Atlanta, 
commissioned by Coretta Scott King, reflects the importance of the King 
Association's mission and services.
  For allowing me to be a part of this year's King Day Luncheon, I 
would like to again express my very sincere and genuine gratitude to 
the King Association president, the Honorable C. DeLores Tucker, and 
the executive director, Dr. Teta V. Banks. As we honor and recognize 
Dr. King, there is no greater living tribute than the thousands upon 
thousands of national community leaders of all ethnic backgrounds who 
continue working to make Dr. King's dream a reality.
  Mr. President, the work done by the King Association in Philadelphia 
and the Annual King Day Luncheon certainly embody the legacy of Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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