Flyer outlining guidelines and schedule for a candlelight parade through Bowling Green

Title	Flyer outlining guidelines and schedule for a candlelight parade through Bowling Green
Subject	Bowling Green State University -- Students -- Political activity
	Bowling Green State University -- Administration
	Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Description	A flier requesting student marshals and outlining several nonviolent principles for a candlelight parade through Bowling Green.
Source	William T. Jerome presidential papers; UA-0002f; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University
Date	1970-05
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Format	Printed ephemera
Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
Identifier	ua00002f_b010_f017_i00003
Identifier	https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/17252
Spatial Coverage	Bowling Green (Ohio)
Type	Text
	8:30 PM REPORTS AND SPEECHES ON WORKSHOPS FOLLOWED BY CANDLELIGHT PARADE PRIME OBJECTIVE FOR NONVIOLENT MARSHALLS AND NONVIOLENT STUDENTS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CALLED FOR NONVIOLENCE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS DEDICATIONS TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY PRACTICAL METHOD FOR CHANGING THE CONDITIONS OF MINORITIES. "HE WHO LIVES BY THE SWORD, WILL PERISH BY THE SWORD." (WITNESS: VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA) "WE MUST LOVE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO TO US. WE MUST MAKE THEM KNOW THAT WE LOVE THEM. LVOE YOUR ENEMIES. THIS IS WHAT WE MUST LIVE BY. WE MUST MEET HATE WITH LOVE." CONDUCT FOR PARADE AND MARSHALLS: 1. KEEP IT COOL. 2. MEET HATE WITH LOVE. NONVIOLENCE AT ALL COSTS. 3. DO NOT TAKE SIDES INSCUFFLES OR JEERS. ACT AS AN INDIVIDUAL. 4. KEEP AGITATORS FROM DISRUPTING THE SILENT MARCH. 5. WE ARE STUDENTS TRYING TO MAINTAIN NONVIOLENCE AND ORDER. 6. REMEMBER!!! NONVIOLENCE AT ALL COST. MEET ALL HATE WITH LOVE CONFRONT PERSONS AS INDIVIDUALS NONVIOLENCE AT ALL COSTS.

Flyer outlining guidelines and schedule for a candlelight parade through Bowling Green

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