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,· C -- :--- WH EREAS , T he assafinati on o f D r , M ar tin Luthe r King,. J r. t akes from Atla nta one of i ts great est ci tize n s of a ll t im e, w ho hono r e d hi s h o1n e c i ty i n t he e y es of a ll t he w o r l <l when h e was a wa rded tl1e Nob e l P eac e P rize i n 1964 , ar,.d ~ WH EREAS, t his s ensel ess a c t o f viol e nc e t a ke s from. ou r n a t i on o ne o f it s greatest l ead e rs of a ll tim .e in th e cau s e of hurn a n broth er hood and racial ami t y, and WHEREA S , t h i s t rag i c m i sdee d t akes fro m our wo r ld o ne o:f i t s gre ates t a d vocat e s of the c a u se of p ea c e a rn ong a ll n a tions a nd a ll rac e r , a n d WHER EA S , a lth ou gh the phys i c a l p r ese nc e o f t his emin e n t Am e rican h a s b een to r n fro m u s , h i s sou l will go mar c hing on to i n sp ir e a ll A mer ican s t o achi eve th e g o a l of equ a l j u s tic e , e qu a l oppo r tuni ty a nd eq u a l citi z e n ship f o r e a ch and eve r y A mer ic an , r ega rdl ess of r ace , c r ee d o r c o lor , a n d WH EREA S , our Atla nta ci t i zenr y j o i ns w ith a ll m e n and wome n o f g ood w ill e ve ry,.v h e re o n o u r earth , and par tiCLil.a r l y with the g o od citi ze n r y ~ i n ou r si s ter cit y o f : .f..:mphi s , i n d e plo r i ng t he d e a dly s hot w ho se e c h o osc of h a tr ed r esound e d ar ound t h e wo rld 2.nd i n on e t r a gic i nsta nt t r a nsmitt e d a li ving l ea d er of ou r p r e se nt a rn.a r t yr of age s t o come , fo NO W , T HEREF O RE , I, I va n JAJ.l en , J r ., M a yo r of the C ity of Atl a nta , do h e r e by pro claim M onda y , A pr il 8 , as M AR T I N LU T H ER KING , JR . DA Y O F MOU RNI N G a nd c a ll upon a ll citi ze ns t o obs e r ve t h a t d a.y i n h o nor of th e m e mory of our e m in e nt fe llow ci ti zen and t o j o i n w i th me in pr a yin g tha t , w ith Go d's h e l p, our n a tion m a y att a i n th e go a l of corn pl ete racial j us t ice a n d r a cia l equ a lity for w h i ch he g a v e h is l i fe . IN WI TNESS W HERE O F , I h a ve h e r e unt o set m y h and an d c aus e d t h e S eal of t h e Cit y o f Atl anta t o b e a ffi x e d t his 5th d a y of Ap r i l, 1968 . I van All e n , J r . M a yor �