Encyclopedia of Baldwin Wallace University History: Other - K

Citation: “Karate Class Offered Winter Quarter,” The Exponent (Berea, OH), November 6, 1985, p. 4.

Have you ever been in an uncomfortable situation and felt as though you might have to defend yourself? It is not uncommon for people to be placed in this situation and be unable to react appropriately. If you have ever been faced with this feeling, then you will want to take advantage of the Beginning Karate/Self-Defense course to be offered by the Phsy. Ed. Department during Winter Quarter.

The instructor of this first time course is Mr. Jeff Ellis, fourth degree Black Belt. Mr. Ellis is currently Director and Chief Instructor of S. W. Karate Assn., Chairman, National Junior Karate Team Development Committee, and also on the coaching staff of the U.S. National Karate Team. Mr. Ellis also is chief Instructor of the B-W Karate Club.

The Karate course will offer- a variety of material including basic karate strikes, blocks, and kicks. In addition, time will be spent-on throwing and self-defense technique. "We will present life-like situations that students will be able to relate to which will provide a very beneficial effort. Students will be able to better identify with the severity of a situation and react accordingly."

Besides physical skills, emphasis will also be placed: upon the traditional aspects of karate to acquaint the students with Its history and origin. Students will learn how this physical/ mental discipline fits into modern society. Classes will be offered Only Winter quarter on Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 10.

Citation: “Coretta King forecasts changes in the 80s,” The Exponent, April 2,1982, p. 1.

Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will speak on "Major Changes for the '80's, Eliminating Poverty, Racism and Violence" in her address at B-W this Tuesday, Apr. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Strosacker College Union.  A reception will follow her address.

Since the death of her husband fourteen years ago this week, Mrs. King has carried on the work he began toward social, political, and economic justice.

She is the founding president and chief executive officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Non-Violent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia. The center, a living memorial to Dr. King, promotes the concept of non-violence through seminars, workshops and institutes for teachers, community leaders, administrators and others who influence the young.

Coretta King sees economic justice as the key to human rights. Poverty is her main target: "There is little hope for peace and for steady progress on human rights around the world if hundreds of millions of people are condemned to live out their lives on the very edge of survival." Mrs. King is co-chair-person of the Full Employment Action Council, and co-founder of the National Black Leadership Forum, for which she serves as a spokesperson.

Human rights on the international front is also one of her concerns. She has been outspoken in her condemnation of human rights violations in the Soviet Union, South Korea, Chile, and Southeast Asia.

In 1977 she was appointed as a public delegate to the fall session of the U.N. General Assembly, where she helped develop relations with emerging Third World Nations. "The black countries of Africa are the future of the continent, and it is highly unrealistic to seek to influence events by an alliance with forces... that no black African can accept," said Mrs. King.

In 1978, she was a commissioner of the International Women's Year, and was named one of the 25 Most Influential Women in the World by World Almanac. Mrs. King has been on Ebony magazine's "100 Most Influential Blacks" list since its inception.

Mrs. King is the author of My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., a bestseller which has been translated into 16 languages since its publication.

Coretta King will deliver her speech to open the Spring Quarter portion of the Peace with Justice program.

The Peace with Justice program is a year-long series of lectures, events, and discussions on the topics of racism, sexism, and violence on a global, na-tional, and local level.

Citation: “King demands individual responsibility for injustice,” The Exponent, October 22, 1982, p. 1,3.

Coretta Scott King came to Baldwin-Wallace Wednesday night and she brought with her something that students at colleges and universities across the nation have begun to seek out once again, as it once was in the '60's. She brought with her a cause, a challenge to be met, a reason for "making a life", not merely "making a living".

"If the student population in this country were really organized and mobilized and went to the polls in massive numbers on a platform that they had developed, even in their own interests, it would be a powerful force; Politicians would be seeking you out. If you don't believe it, just try it; and I challenge you."

The topic of Mrs. King's speech was "Ideals and Actions for a nonviolent Revolution." In this speech she presented a plan-one which her late husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used in his campaigns for social change that outlined the basic steps required when making the move towards nonviolent social change.

Mrs. King spoke with determination and exactness, and referred to and quoted her late husband a great deal. At times, she seemed to reflect for a quick second, possibly about Martin himself, whenever she made direct reference to her husband.

This was most noticeable when Mrs. King mentioned the twentieth anniversary of the march on Washington, D.C. “It will be twenty years,” She said in a heavy tone of voice.

The evening began with President Malicky making the introductions. He reaffirmed the purpose of the Peace with Justice program and the basic mission of the college, and he spoke for many when he made the pledge to work to end racism, sexism, and violence.

President Malicky then introduced Margaret Harris who presented Mrs. King with a bouquet of roses in honor of her outstanding achievements. Miss Harris was the representative for Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority of which Mrs. King is an honorary member.

Tara Brown, President of the Black Student Alliance, then gave a short speech and awarded Mrs. King with a placque commemorating the life and works of Dr. M. L. King and dedicating a tree as a living memorial.

Pres. Malicky, before turning the podium over to Mrs. King, made note of the fact that she has recieved numerous awards, that she holds the admiration of the world and that she is "the leader of a movement that will not be stopped..."

Coretta Scott King began by focusing on three evils in the world which she feels need desperately to be eliminated, those evils being, "poverty, racism, and war and violence." She grouped war and violence together because she felt that "war is the ultimate in violence."

Mrs. King commented on the evil in society and the reasons for its existence. "Although most people refuse to actively cooperate with evil, there've always been a few who do." But this, according to Mrs. King, is not the real problem. 

"The real problem, however, is that too many of us passively cooperate with evil. We do this with our silence. The silence of good people is the major reason why society has failed to eradicate poverty, racism, and violence." Mrs. King emphasized how society can no longer be comfortable with the "fraternities of the indifferent."

Mrs. King then addressed the plight of black families today.

While the movement her late husband began made many advances in terms of civil rights, some setbacks have occured. The poverty rate, eleven percent in 1973, as risen to 14 percent according o a recent census report.

"More than half of all black teenagers can't find a job and that's a national disgrace," said Mrs. King.

Mrs. King addressed the topic of nuclear proliferation, stating that, " We are the generation God has chosen for the decisive confrontation between good and evil. It's up to us to prevent the final nuclear confrontation, which is drawing nearer every day."

Nonviolent change is at the heart of everything that Mrs. King does. She outlined the nonviolent strategy process which her husband utilized for change and which she continues to pro-mote. This strategy involved six basic steps which are: 1) research and information gathering; 2) dissemination of this information; 3) personal committment; 4) negotiation (the most time-consum-ing part); 5) direct action; and 6) final reconciliation in order to rebuild community.

While all these things take time, Mrs. King felt that a great deal can also be accomplished in the "here and now" through the ballot. "The ballot is the most powerful weapon we have in our non-violent arsenal."

Mrs. King urged everyone, especially the young, "to have a visión, and a dream. To make sure that your dream is a big dream."

Mrs. King spoke to a filled Union ballroom for at least an hour. She ended her speech with a message of love and a commitment to service, the greatest act of love. " To be great is to serve, and you only have to give what you have. And may I say that the greatest gift is the, gift of self. Difficult, but simple."

Coretta Scott King is a graduate of Antioch College in Ohio.

She met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1951 at the New England Conservatory where she was working towards a master's degree in music.

She is founding president and chief executive officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change as well as co-founder of the National Black Leadership Forum.

Citation: James D. Harvey, ed., Pursuit 3, no. 3 (November 1970): 2.

The Korean War of 1950 offered more uncertainty to Americans. President Knight urged men on B-W's campus to remain in school despite the fact that the draft regulations that had deferred college men during World War II were not duplicated.