Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration Event

Monday, January 16th - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration Event 
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Food Drive - Join us as we will collect canned and non-perishable food items to donate to the Beacon in Fort Scott •  Anyone in the community is invited to drop off canned and non-perishable food 

9 a.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “No Easy Walk (1961-1963)” • Albany, Georgia,  Birmingham, Alabama & The March on Washington 

10:30 a.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Mississippi: Is this America? (1962-1964)” • Medgar  Evers & ‘Mississippi Burning’ Murders 

12 p.m. - Lunch & Learn - “Good Trouble” presentation by John Edgar Tidwell. “Good Trouble or Disturbing the Peace: The Importance of Humanities in Distressing Times”. The late political activist and U.S. Congressman John Lewis coined the phrase “good trouble” to describe his civil disobedience in the 1960s. • Barbecue lunch, drinks, and dessert will be available for free (attendees may also bring their own lunch). • Photo promotion taken with “I Stand For” sign 

1:30 p.m. - Film Showing: The PBS home video documentary “In Remembrance of Martin” in the Gordon Parks Museum 
King, written and directed by Gordon Parks