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Twin City Observer
Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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In Miami, Fla., Martin Luther King, Jr. praised seven members of CORE's Interracial Action Institute for choosing jail over bail after arrest in a lunch counter sit-in, stressing the need for self-accepted suffering in nonviolent struggle and discussing Gandhi's philosophy.
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Miami, Fla. Martin Luther King, Jr., paid tribute to the seven members of CORE's Interracial Action Institute who chose jail over bail when arrested during a lunch counter sit-in.
King told members of the Institute: "Self accepted suffering, the willingness to go to jail if need be, is crucial in our struggle. Not all can make this sacrifice, but some must."
"We must rid ourselves of the psychology of the two car garage, of the ranch house, of possessions if we are to achieve non-attachment and the self-purification of Gandhi," said King.
The willingness to suffer is needed for philosophical, moral reasons and for practical reasons added King. We simply cannot afford to pay bail bond, legal expenses, and fines.
King spent two days at the CORE Institute discussing the broader implications of the philosophy of nonviolence.
Those at the Institute have been engaged in restaurant sit-ins, theatre testing, swim-ins, and voter registration.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. paid tribute to the seven members of CORE's Interracial Action Institute for choosing jail over bail after arrest in a lunch counter sit-in. King emphasized the importance of self-accepted suffering and nonviolence, discussing Gandhi's philosophy during two days at the CORE Institute. Institute members engaged in restaurant sit-ins, theatre testing, swim-ins, and voter registration.