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[Image 1 with caption] ROBESON RECOGNIZED-Paul Robeson, Jr. (right accepts a litho of a painting of his father, Paul Robeson, from Thomas Shropshire, senior vice president and treasurer of the Miller Brewing Company, at a company-sponsored reception in Atlanta.

[Image 2 with caption] EVERS REMEMBERED-Mrs. Myrlie Evers (center), wife of slain Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers, waited off stage for the program to start at a Miller Brewing Company-sponsored reception in Atlanta where oil paintings of her husband and 11 other modern day civil rights leaders were premiered.

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FUND-RAISING DINNER NETS MORE THAN $100,000 FOR KING CENTER
   ATLANTA-A fund-raising dinner at Atlanta's Peachtree Plaza Jan. 15 attracted more than 1,500 guests including Vice President George Bush and helped raise approximately $1000,000 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change.
In conjunction with the fund-raiser, the Miller Brewing Company sponsored a reception to premiere its new collection of paintings of Civil Rights leaders and to announce a separate $50,000 company contribution to the King Center.
   The dinner, also sponsored by Miller, was held on the 54th anniversary of King's birthday, and honored Dr. Martin Luter King Sr. The evening was one of the highlights of the annual King week activities.
   The Miller collection features art honoring modern civil rights leaders. It was commissioned by the Milwaukee-based brewer in 1982 and is scheduled to go on a 21-city national tour following a three week stat at the King Center which begins Jan. 17.
   The exhibit, entitled "Gallery of Greats: The Civil Rights Movement", consists of 12 large oil paintings by noted American artist Clarence Laudric Shivers.
   During the Miller Reception, Miller President William K. Howell presented a check for $10,000 to Center President, Mrs. Coretta Scott King. The check represented the first installment of a five-year $50,000 donation to the King Center.
   In announcing Miller's donation Howell said, "Five years ago Philip Morris Incorporated committed $40,000 to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for payment in four annual installments. The final check of that contribution was delivered last year.
   "But the work of the King Center is not finished for Black America, and indeed for all America, we must do more. That is why we at Miller are extending our support with this new pledge."
   Shivers signed framed lithographs of the civil rights leaders during the reception. Those lithographs were presented to the subjects of the paintings or their family members by Miller Senior Vice President, Thomas B. Stropshire.
   Those present to receive signed lithographs were: Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, and family representatives Paul Robeson, Jr.; Myrlie Ever, widow of Medgar Evers; Margaret Young, widow of Whitney Young and Mrs. King.

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