April 4th Foundation Events

For Immediate Release

April 4^th Foundation Carries On Dr. King’s Beloved Community

The realization came rather quickly to Johnson E. Saulsberry, Jr., founder of the April 4^th Foundation, Inc.:  the Foundation’s purpose and goal should be not only to honor the legacy and life’s work of Dr. King but to continue his work through the youth of the Beloved Community.

So the Foundation adopted the mantra: “Tell The Story…Pass It Own”. 

The Foundation’s thrust then became that of developing a program that would accomplish this goal.  The result is,   “Footsteps, Tell The Story …Pass It On”.  “Footsteps” will be a two-week summer study program aimed at high school juniors and seniors as a supplementary component to their traditional school curriculum.  The program will be used as a tool to develop the student’s leadership potential by empowering each student with the knowledge of the historical persons, events and sacrifices that passed before to make their present situation in the society possible.

The Foundation felt that in honor of Dr. King and his Beloved Community that this year, the 40^th anniversary of his assassination, would be the time to announce the start of the ”Footsteps” program.  Because of the representation and participation by the many youth organizations in this year’s April 4^th commemorative events, the announcement will serve to continue to strengthen Dr. Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community.