For Immediate Release

	January 23, 2004 NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT DELIVERED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPEECH WASHINGTON - On January 15 National Bar Association President Clyde E. Bailey, Sr. delivered the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Speech at Fort Lee. Bailey traveled home to Petersburg, VA to give the speech before a dinner audience of over 350 people at the Lee Club on the base of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee. Previous speakers have included Justice Roger Gregory, US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and former Virginia Governor Douglass Wilder. Bailey linked this year's theme "Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off" with Dr. King's admonition "we cannot be satisfied" from his "I have a Dream" speech. He declared that the National Bar Association will never be satisfied as long as there is, 'police brutality in the boroughs of New York; health care disparities from the East Coast to the West Coast; racial profiling on the highways of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; deliberate infiltration of drugs in South Central LA; under-funded, under-performing and re-segregated public schools in all major cities; and disenfranchised voters in Florida.' Bailey also made the case that the United States Military, too is not satisfied. He credited the military for having made a compelling business case for diversity in its amicus brief in support of the University of Michigan by linking diversity in its officer ranks with its core mission of defending the nation. The National Bar Association, established in 1925, is the oldest and largest association of lawyers, judges, and law students of color, with more than 18,000 members worldwide. CONTACT: Megan Alexa Carpenter @ 202-842-3900 Email: mcarpenter@nationalbar.org