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Virtual MLK Day 2022

January 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - January 23, 2022 @ 12:00 am

**This virtual program will premier at Noon and be accessible online here (CLICK MLK Image) or go to our museum’s YouTube page  and facebook page for the remainder of the week.**

VIRTUAL MLK Day 2022 Presentations: (Watch the entire Youtube MLK Day 2022 Presentation or click on the Timestamps to access  different MLK segments after the premier airing.)

TIMESTAMPS:
  •  00:00 — Museum Greeting by Museum Board Chair Drew Hawkins (3 minutes)
  • 02:46  — An MLK Conversation with Civil Rights Historian Taylor Branch and Dr. Izetta Autumn Mobley, Director of Interepretation, Collection and Education  (67 minutes)
  • 1:12:41  —  MLK Children’s Theater Read Aloud & Oratory Speeches by CFA Repetory Theatre Company (18 minutes)
  • 1:31:50  — Annual 2022 HS Juried Art Show: Changemakers (14 minutes)
  • 1:45:05  — Spoken Word Raps by Dewmore Baltimore Poets (10 minutes)
  • 1:55:08  — A Musical Homage to the Movement with Benny Russell, Brandon Woody, Blake Meister, Jay Moody and Justin Taylor (27 minutes)

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Day virtually this year with the Lewis Museum as part of your day of reflection. Virtual programming includes a conversation with Civil Rights historian Taylor Branch  with Dr. Izetta Autumn Mobley, Director of Interpretations, Collections and Education; an MLK Children’s Theater Read Aloud with oratory speeches and sing along with the CFA Repertory Theatre Company; a viewing of the annual HS Juried Art Show: Changemakers along with spoken word raps by Dewmore Baltimore poets; and a musical homage to the movement performed by  jazz saxophonist Benny Russell, trumpeter Brandon Woody, pianist Justin Taylor, drummer Jay Moody and bass player Blake Meister.

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Details

Start:
January 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
End:
January 23, 2022 @ 12:00 am