Let it Shine! A Celebration of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join our annual community celebration for Martin Luther King Day!
Sponsored by The Williams Lake Project
3pm – Spoken Word, Music and Dance exploring Non-Violence
Featuring:
- Kitt Potter
- Miss V.
- Micah Blumenthal
- Albert Cook
- Rev. Evelyn Clark
- Esi Lewis
- Anthony Dandridge
- Women of the World
- Energy Dance Company
5pm: Screening of King in the Wilderness (TV 14)
Documentary – A look at the final years in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The film focuses on events in King’s life and the Civil Rights movement such as the Chicago Freedom Movement, the James Meredith march, the anti-Vietnam War protests and King’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech, the 1967 riots, preparation for the Poor People’s Campaign, the Memphis sanitation strike, the “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, and King’s assassination and funeral. Among King’s colleagues and friends interviewed in the documentary are Bernard Lafayette, Andrew Young, Diane Nash, Harry Belafonte, John Lewis, Dorothy Cotton, Joan Baez, Xernona Clayton, Jesse Jackson, Mary Lou Finley, Cleveland Sellers, and C. T. Vivian.
This event is FREE. Donations are welcome.
