King Celebration 2010
Thursday, January 14
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s
18th Annual “A King Celebration” Concert
8 p.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel)
ASO Music Director Robert Spano leads the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra and the Morehouse and Spelman
College glee clubs. Program to include world premiere of
Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony.
Tickets: $25 general admission, $7 students; Tickets
available through ASO Box Office, 404-733-5000,
and online at boxoffice@woodruffcenter.org. Tickets
available day of the event only at Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel box office.
Friday, January 15
Candlelight Vigil
6 – 7 p.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Plaza)
Sunday, January 17
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Worship Service 11 a.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel) Speaker: The Rev. Shaun King ’03, The Courageous Church, Atlanta |
A.D. King Documentary - “Behold the
Dream: Brother to the Dreamer”
7 – 9:30 p.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel)
Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 students
Tickets available at the Morehouse College Bookstore,
King Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church and online at www.adkingfoundation.com/home
Sponsor: A.D. King Foundation
Monday, January 18
Campus-wide Day of Service
For more information, contact Bonner Office of Community
Service at 404-681-7574.
Service Site Visits
8 – 11:30 a.m.
(House Proud, Outdoor Activity Center, Project Open Hand,
Ebenezer Baptist Church, The Salvation Army, Peachtree-Pine
Street Homeless Shelter, Dobbs Elementary School)
| Keynote Address and Panel Discussion 1 – 2:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, African American Hall of Fame |
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Theme: The Civil Rights Movement of the 21st Century
Keynote Speaker: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green for All Panelists: Dr. Yamma Brown, Daughters of Soul Productions; Leonard and Belinda Morrow, 2M Design; Julian McQueen, Green for All; Markese Bryant, Morehouse Student |
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Spoken Word, David Hardin’s Step Team,
Closing Remarks
2:30 – 3 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel,
African American Hall of Fame
Wednesday, January 20
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“Going to See the
King: A Theatrical
Tribute to Martin
Luther King Jr.” 7 p.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel) AUC students present music, drama, dance and the spoken word in King’s honor. Sponsor: Office of Student Life |
Thursday, January 21
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Crown Forum 11 a.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel) Theme: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Jewish Community Speaker: Rabbi Marc Schneier – President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, New York |
“STILLS OF THE MOVEMENT:
The Civil Rights Photography of Flip Schulke”
4 - 6:30 p.m. (Executive Conference Center, Bank of America
Auditorium)
National premiere of the documentary on the late Flip Schulke, Life
Magazine and Black Star Agency photographer who chronicled the
life of Martin Luther King Jr. from the 1950s to 1968. Narrated by
John Amos. A Patty Wittenburg Film. Produced by Shawn Kildea
and Patty Wittenburg.
Sponsors: Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection
and the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Wednesday, January 27
| A Public Conversation – Remembering King:
The Morehouse Years 5-7 p.m. (Executive Conference Center, Conference Rooms A and B) |
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Samuel DuBois Cook ’48 and Charles Vert Willie ’48 recall the life and times of fellow classmate Martin Luther King Jr. Facilitated by Vicki Crawford, co-director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, Marcellus Barksdale ’65, professor of history and director of African American Studies. This event will be recorded and added to the | ||
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King Jr. Collection archives. Sponsors: Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection and the Office of Alumni Affairs. |
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