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South Carolin By The Associated Press South Carolinians gathered across the state Monday to honor the birthday of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and call for racial harmony in a state troubled in recent months by allegations of racism. In Columbia, hundreds of people filled the State House to listen to Gov. Carroll Campbell and other political and civic leaders mark the progress South Carolina has made in race relations. "If we seek to build on areas we agree on instead of confronting on things we disagree un . . . wc can uiuvc iiiuuiiiaius, ^.ampoeii lOlll the people who -filled the lobby, balcony and stairways of the capitol. "Let us stand with those who seek solutions first, not confrontations." He cited last summer's incident at a Saluda pool as an example of a community working together. The members-only pool refused entrance to black church workers, but desegregated a few weeks later after a public outcry. "What if they sought confrontation instead of solution? The community Dr. King spoke of would not agree," Campbell said. "The important thing is the different groups started working together." After Hurricane Hugo, he said, "we saw the barriers come tumbling down. No one looked at the color of the hands that were removing the debris." Sen. Kay Patterson, chairman of the S. C. Legislative Black Caucus, drew tumultuous applause when he urged the crowd "to get transferred to a new direction." "We ought to learn to come together and The Gamecock q^ The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays dur ing the fall and spring semesters and weekly during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publicatons and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock . The Student Media Department is the parent organization of The Gamecock. Change of address forms, subscriptions requests and other correspondence should be sent to The Gamecock, P.O. Box 85131, the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $20 for one year, $10 per fall or spring semester and $5 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. The Gamecock is a registered student organization of the University of South Carolina and is partially funded by student activity fees. Thank you for giving. Again and again. GIVE BLOOD, PLEASE Refcraw l llllii? ^HBH^BHSBIHnMHHHHHHRS a celebrates Kii treat all God's children with dignity and respect," the Columbia Democrat said. "Even if we disagree, we ought to be able to disagree without being disagreeable." The state officials' ceremony also included gospel music by the Citadel Gospel Choir, the Mu Alpha Chapter Ensemble of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and the Morris Street Baptist Church choir. The Rev. Alphonso Blake of the Charleston-based church also delivered an address to the crowd. Before the ceremony, members of the NAACP marched through Columbia, and about 400 people gathered outside the State House for a rally. Among those attending were the Rev. TT TT O: 1.4 l n i ? n. n. omgieion ana conway mgn scnooi student Carlos Hunt, who have been embroiled in a seven-month controversy surrounding Hunt's removal from the football team and Singleton's firing from his teaching post. The NAACP brought hundreds of signed petitions to Campbell's office just before the ceremony asking him to investigate Richland County Sheriff Allen Sloan, who has been accused of making a racial slur in reference to a shooting incident at a shopping mall. Across the state, events commemorating King were held over the weekend and on Monday, the day he would have turned 61 years old. King was slain on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn., by James Earl Ray. Also Monday, plans for a $150,000 memorial at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in Columbia were revealed. In Conway, 300 people attended a program held by the Baha'i Community of Conway featuring school choirs, readings and music ranga news tip? Call The G t - MH m ^ ;^uBMi| v ^ & a| ay HlHr Sin tig's birthday ing from classical to rap, while about 100 people attended an NAACP-sponsored rally at the Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter. Evening church services were planned at Winthrop College in Rock Hill and at several other churches across the state. In Charleston County, absentee rates were higher than normal ? in one case, 50 percent higher ? at some area schools that canceled the holiday to make up for days lost during Hurricane Hugo. Over the weekend, events were held to commerate King from Aiken to Beaufort. Journalist and civil rights activist Tony Brown, who organized a Detroit rally for King in the 1960s, told a crowd at the University of South Carolina in Aiken to "stop dreaming, just i'- || do something." "Dr. King did something," Brown said. "He . \ won his lap. Now we have to go run and win V the race. "There is only one race, the human race," jj Brown said. Lenell Geter, a black South Carolinian who was wrongfully imprisoned in Texas for a robbery he did not commit, spoke to about 300 people in Beaufort on Saturday night. "I see a bright future for black Americans. I'm an optimist, that is why I'm here," Geter said. Geter was charged with the robbery of a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet of $615 in 1982, and a Texas jury sentenced him to life in prison. He was eventually exonerated, and the guilty man was found. "Today not only can we sit in the front of the bus, we can own it," Geter said. 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