6/6/05 
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Executive Member Rev. Johnny Hunter speaks to attendees of the First Annual Black
Americans for Life Pro-Life Achievement Awards Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol's
Mansfield room. The event honored Mrs. Kay Cole James, Dr. Mildred Jefferson and
Dr. Hunter for their work in the pro-life struggle. Black
Americans for Life honors those who are saving babies. Capitol Hill
was the venue for the first Black Americans for Life -- Pro-life Achievement Awards.
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said
too many black babies are lost to abortion. "My uncle, Dr. King, said,
'The negro cannot win if he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children
for personal comfort and safety,' " she said. "We've lost 14 million
'acknowledged' babies through abortion since Roe vs. Wade. That's African-American
babies. That's a lot of babies." King said abortion is killing the
African-American culture. Day Gardner, director of Black American for Life,
said it's time to honor hard working, pro-life African-Americans. "They
have just been doing what was necessary," she said, "getting out into
our communities, reaching African-Americans in families and churches and saying
'Abortion
is wrong. It's against everything we, as a religious body of people, stand for
and it's against everything that God stands for.' '' One of the honorees,
Dr. Johnny Hunter, said African-Americans need to get involved. "The
organizations that exist today in this nation have been very effective at chipping
away at the abortion industry. But they just chip away," he said. "But
when you
get blacks involved, when blacks get involved, we are going to see
more than just chipping away. We are going to see the whole thing come down. It's
going to come to an end."
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