Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Celebration

Friday, January 13th - Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Celebration 
“The time is always right to do  what is right.” 

9 a.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Awakenings (1954-1956)” • Murder of Emmett Till &  Montgomery Bus Boycott 

12 p.m. - Lunch & Learn - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration ( Lunch & Learn) Event • Music Performance and speaker presentation by Alex Kimball Williams, multicultural artist, community organizer, researcher, & educator. Alex will provide a music performance of some songs during the civil rights movement and a speaker presentation on the way the arts influenced MLK’s rhetoric,  the way he delivered speeches, protest signage, & more.• Birthday cake, soup, dessert, and drinks will be available for free • Photo  promotion taken with “I Stand For” sign 

1:30 p.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Fighting Back (1957-1962)” • Central High School and  Little Rock Nine & James Meredith and The University of Mississippi 

3:30 p.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Ain’t Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)” • Nashville Sit-Ins and Boycotts  & Freedom Riders