University students and others across the nation will join together tomorrow in honor of a man and his movement.

Twenty-five years ago, this man and thousands who supported civil rights sought what they felt was justice, resulting in one of the most important days in American history.

The man was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event was the March on Washington.

Residence Hall Programs, a subdivision of Campus Life, will sponsor a bus trip for University students to the Saturday anniversary festivities.

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. will be the site of the day- long commemoration, said W. Terrell Jones, associate director for Campus Life.

King's widow, Coretta Scott King, will assist Joseph E. Lowery, a civil rights activist, in leading the day's activities.

"After seven long, hard and difficult years of fighting the administration against its determined efforts to dismantle affirmative action and civil rights laws, we need now to take the offensive," Lowery said in a prepared statement.

The event will be a celebration and re-dedication to the issues raised by King in his "I Have a Dream" speech, Jones said.

Participants will also compare and contrast today's minority issues with those of a quarter century ago.

"Something I find interesting is the ideas King articulated so clearly in his speech compared to today's issues," he said.

The trip will give students an opportunity to experience moral development, Jones said.

"It will develop the idea of non-violence (in making) a just society," he said.

Tara Scales (sophomore-division of undergraduate studies), a member of the Martin Luther King Interest House on campus, said the trip should be an enlightening experience for her.

"I hope to better understand what the orginal marchers were working for," she said.

Candace Piper (junior-Spanish), also a member of the MLK House, said the anniversary celebration will allow her to experience the march in much the same way as the marchers of 1963.

"I would like to take part in something of that great magnitude," she said.

Students who live in MLK House, which is on the sixth floor of Beaver Hall, receive priority seating on the bus, followed by the rest of the sixth floor residents and other student residents, Jones said.

The trip will also fulfill the goals of the MLK Interest House, Jones said.

As of yesterday, sponsors expected a group of about 40 students to travel to and participate in the event, Scales said.

The bus will leave the University at 5 a.m. tomorrow and will arrive at the Memorial around 9 a.m., he said.

Students wishing to attend should contact Jones in 135 Boucke by noon today.