HomeMy WebLinkAboutBCS Knights 021705By MIKE PLAKE
Eagle Staff Writer
Members of the Community
Knights tag themselves "a com-
munity action organization."
Last weekend they lent
credibility to this statement;
they acted.
Knights joined efforts with
T e x a s A &M architecture
students to begin renovation of
the Lincoln Community Center
at the old Lincoln School site
Saturday.
However, activity wasn't
isolated to students or Knights.
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Architecture professors worked,
too. College Station City
Councilman Joe McGraw was
there with his daughter,
splattering paint and singing
about its color:
"White is beautiful," he said.
"Now let's don't bring race
into this," laughed Lorenzo
Wilborn, the Negro president of
the Knights.
Arthur Dunn, superintendent
of the College Station parks and
recreation department helped
plan and work from the
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beginning Saturday morning.
"Be sure and give Arthur a
plug," grinned the perspiring,
painted city councilman. "We're
trying to get him a raise."
The cars which carried the
olunteer workers were parked
opsidely along the rutted road
eside the center. They were
all makes, from Volkswagens to
Wildcats, and in- between.
The work was divided into
teams, which dissolved as
members moved on to work
better suited to their talents or
tastes.
Wilborn, an intense, slim
young man, said the Knights
co- sponsored the center, with
the city.
"We have about 40 members
ow from Bryan and College
tation," he said. "We've been
rganized about a year and a
alf."
Money to renovate the center
ame from contributions and
he community organizations.
he said.
Plans call for the center to
be used by many community
groups. A library will be added,
and classroom furniture and
facilities will fill some of its
empty rooms.
In the summer, there are
plans for arts and crafts classes
at the center. Sessions would
alternate between the center
and the A &M architecture
building.
People from all communities
will be invited to participate in
the summer programs, Wilborn
said.
The plans have not been
finalized.
Wilborn said the Knights hope
is to spread the spirit displayed
In cleaning up the center — the
spirit of community par-
ticipation -- to the Negro
families around it.
"Another project which we,
- hope to do is to paint and fix
up some of these houses,"
Wilborn said. "But it's not going
to be easy."
"We'll probably have more
work than we can handle,"
Thomas Hall, a member of the
Knights, noted.