Randolf White discusses MLK Scholarships
“The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. scholarships are for anyone who has a dream,” said Randolf White to the Cambridge Lions Club. “They’re not just for blacks. We don’t give a large amount to one or two students. We decided to give a little to all.”
Pictured left: Lion Randolf White with program chair Ben Cahoon.
Pictured left: Lion Randolf White with program chair Ben Cahoon.
“We believe that you can take what you have and do something purposeful with it,” said White. “We want to encourage anyone who has a dream to pursue that dream.”
“In 1968 I was sitting in the Golden Buddha (a local bar) and saw on TV that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated.” White said. “I didn’t know much about him, but I started following the news stories about his funeral and about what he had done.”
“We didn’t have the same kind of problems here that they had in the south. We may have had the pinstripe suit type of racism, but we didn’t have the white sheet kind. I listened to King’s words about injustice anywhere being a threat to justice everywhere. It made sense to me to use nonviolent resistance to injustice.”
“In 1972 people decided to observe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January each year,” White said. “We started with services on Friday. On Sunday we had a march to the church. On Monday we had a breakfast.”
“Later we had a luncheon and decided to offer a scholarship. The scholarship was originally offered to those majoring in sociology or theology. We then decided that we should open it up to any college degree. We decided that we should support whatever the students were interested in. We wanted students to follow their own dreams.”
“My father taught me that whatever you wanted to be, you should be a good one,” White said. “My mother taught me that I had the right to dream.”
“I had a dream to be an announcer on the radio. Bill Coffey hired me at the radio station. He had been advised not to hire me. Fred Andrews said to give him a chance. I became one of the best announcers on WILE. I thank them for supporting my dream.”
“A person once asked a man who knew more words in the English language than anyone else to give him a hundred dollar word,” White said. “The man gave him that word. It was the word thanks.”
“Every time I get the chance I say thanks. Thanks to the Daily Jeffersonian for the publicity about Martin Luther King Day and the scholarships. Thanks to Cambridge City Schools for their support. Thanks to the Presbyterian and the Methodist churches for their support. Thanks to all who have helped.”
“In 1968 I was sitting in the Golden Buddha (a local bar) and saw on TV that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated.” White said. “I didn’t know much about him, but I started following the news stories about his funeral and about what he had done.”
“We didn’t have the same kind of problems here that they had in the south. We may have had the pinstripe suit type of racism, but we didn’t have the white sheet kind. I listened to King’s words about injustice anywhere being a threat to justice everywhere. It made sense to me to use nonviolent resistance to injustice.”
“In 1972 people decided to observe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January each year,” White said. “We started with services on Friday. On Sunday we had a march to the church. On Monday we had a breakfast.”
“Later we had a luncheon and decided to offer a scholarship. The scholarship was originally offered to those majoring in sociology or theology. We then decided that we should open it up to any college degree. We decided that we should support whatever the students were interested in. We wanted students to follow their own dreams.”
“My father taught me that whatever you wanted to be, you should be a good one,” White said. “My mother taught me that I had the right to dream.”
“I had a dream to be an announcer on the radio. Bill Coffey hired me at the radio station. He had been advised not to hire me. Fred Andrews said to give him a chance. I became one of the best announcers on WILE. I thank them for supporting my dream.”
“A person once asked a man who knew more words in the English language than anyone else to give him a hundred dollar word,” White said. “The man gave him that word. It was the word thanks.”
“Every time I get the chance I say thanks. Thanks to the Daily Jeffersonian for the publicity about Martin Luther King Day and the scholarships. Thanks to Cambridge City Schools for their support. Thanks to the Presbyterian and the Methodist churches for their support. Thanks to all who have helped.”
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