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 April 4th, 2008 marks the 40th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Join the Civil Rights Museum as the eyes of the nation turn to Memphis during this very special commemoration of the life of Dr. King, The Man, The Mission, The Movement.
Calendar of Events
(All events are produced by the National Civil Rights Museum unless otherwise noted.)
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381 Days: Montgomery Bus Boycott Story Exhibit
Dates: February 7 – April 13, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: Regular admission rates and times will apply
Sponsored by: AARP and Ford Motor Company Smithsonian traveling exhibit will display and bring to life the story behind the bus boycott that started in Montgomery, Alabama
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March
Wake Up Everybody!
Date: Saturday March 1, 2008
Venue: Southwest Community College
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $10.00 in advance $12.00 at the door
This evening concert event will feature local singers performing classic freedom songs. Weaved into the performances will be information related to the history of these songs presented through actors, images, and other multimedia sources. |
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Date: Thursdays, March 6, 13, and 27, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: 6:00 p.m.
The 381 Days Film Series will feature films related to the Montgomery Bus Boycott as well as the larger movement. Featured films include: Children’s March, Freedom Song, and Mighty Times.
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UMJOA- A Celebration of Unity
Date: March 7, 8, 9, 2008
Venue: Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church
Time: Varies Please call the church office for more information, 901-729-6222.
Defined as “unity” in Swahili, “Umoja” is a Broadway-like production with costumed dancers, actors, and musicians that takes audiences on an inspiring journey of cultural reflection and jubilant celebration from Africa to Civil Rights to the present.
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Voices of Freedom
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: TBA
Pre-selected participants of the movement (example: Sanitation Workers Strike and local activists) will share their stories. Guests will also be invited to share stories of the movement to be included in the Museum’s oral history collection. |
Prairie View A & M College Choir Performance
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum, Rose Room
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
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Scholars in Critical Race Studies Conference
Date: March 27-28, 2008
Venue: University of Memphis, Fogelman Center
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Topic: “Global Civil Rights”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Theo Goldburg
Sponsored by: University of Memphis, Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities
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Major League Baseball Civil Rights Baseball Symposium
Date: Friday, March 28, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: 10 a.m.
Panel discussion facilitated by Dr. Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School professor that will feature a variety of baseball legends |
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Major League Baseball Civil Rights Baseball Game
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Venue: AutoZone Park
Time: 4:00 p.m.
The Civil Rights Game featuring the Chicago White Sox vs. New York Mets at AutoZone Park will follow with a dinner to recognize civil rights sports pioneers.
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Special Exhibit: Cornelia Crenshaw’s Car
Date: Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum, Courtyard
Time: Regular admission rates and times will apply
Cornelia Crenshaw, local activist, played an integral role in the Sanitation Worker’s Strike and allowed Dr. King to use her Lincoln Continental while he was in Memphis. The car, which has recently been restored, will be on display in the Courtyard throughout the weekend.
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40th Commemorative Gospel Concert
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Venue: St. Andrews AME
Time: 4:00
Commemorative concert benefiting the National Civil Rights Museum, featuring area gospel legends and teens form area local school choirs.
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The Man & The Mission Forum
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: 9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Frank Thomas, Senior Pastor, Mississippi Blvd Christian Church and Maxine Smith, former Executive Secretary NAACP.
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April
The Movement Forums
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Venue: University of Memphis-Fogelman Executive Center
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Luther C. McClellan Alumni Chapter & Africa in April Festival
The untold stories of the Militant Soldiers of the Movement: “The Story of the INVADERS”, “The Historical Accounts of the Memphis State 109”.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Global Civil Rights
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Venue: University of Memphis, Rose Theatre
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Angela Davis
Sponsored by: Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities & Memphis Reads
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National Action Network: 10th Annual Convention
Date: April 2-5
Rev. Al Sharpton invites you to attend NAN’s national convention in at the Peabody Hotel. Among those confirmed to attend include: Myrlie Evers- Williams, Harry Belafonte, comedian Mo’Nique, Michael Baisden, Marc Morial, Shirley Caesar Earle Graves, Sr., Steve Harvey, Sean Hannity and activists, union leaders, and members of the clergy and community. For more information, please visit http://www.nationalactionnetwork.net.
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MLK National Leadership Summit From Memphis Toward 2018
Date: April 3-4
Hundreds of the nation’s and the world’s leaders will gather for a critical symposium on the state of Black American titled “Where Do We Go from Here:MLK Leadership Summit 2008-2018.” The event will move beyond ceremony and focus on policy development and the commitment to a concrete policy framework for America.
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Sanitation Workers Appreciation
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Venue: Hall of Mayors, City Hall 125 N Main
Time: 11:00 am
A tribute to the sanitation workers who walked and protested with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Museum will honor those who helped start the labor movement, with their life changing stand to declare to the world “I Am a Man”
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Beloved Community Academic Symposium
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: The Beloved Community
For more information, contact Teresa Cutts at 516-0593.
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In Remembrance There Is Life Lecture
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Venue: First Congregational Church,
1000 S. Cooper
Time: Noon
Rev. C.T. Vivian, longtime civil rights activist who marched shoulder to shoulder with Dr. King and worked with him as an advisor and strategist, will share his memories of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Cynthia Griggs Fleming, professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and civil rights scholar, will join Rev. Vivian to discuss Dr. King’s evolution in philosophy throughout his career. This event is in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum and University of Memphis.
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April 4th Foundation Symposium for School Children
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Venue: Memphis Cook Convention Center
Time: 1:00 PM
Sponsored by: The April 4th Foundation
Speakers to include George Curry, Dr. Ben Chavez, Charles Steele, Joseph Lowery
and Harry Cash. For more information, contact Cato Walker at 901-255-0725.
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“What Would Martin Say?” Book Signing
Author: Clarence B. Jones
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum, Auditorium
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Clarence B. Jones, speechwriter and legal advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will premier his book "What Would Martin Say?" at the Museum. Published by Harper Collins, the book includes excerpts of his writings and other documents relating to King. In summing up his sentiments on King’s life, Jones stated in a 2007 interview “Martin Luther King, Jr., in 12 years and 4 months from 1956 to 1968, did more to achieve political, economic, and social justice in America than any other event or person in the previous 400 years.”
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In Remembrance There Is Life
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: 7:00 p.m.
This evening cocktail reception will feature local and national civil rights leaders who will share their stories about Dr. King and their role in history. Speakers will include Clarence Jones, speechwriter and attorney for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. C.T. Vivian, Tony Brown, Dorothy Cotton, Dr. Jerry Francisco, medical examiner at the time of the assassination, Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles and Bill Morris. Tickets are $100 corporate affiliates and $50 general public. |
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Beloved Community March
Date: Friday, April 4, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Sponsored by: The Beloved Community
The Beloved Community of Memphis will march through Downtown Memphis. and conclude at the National Civil Rights Museum.
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National Action Network Recommitment March
Date: Friday April 4, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Join the march commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Rev. Sharpton and Martin Luther King, III lead people in Memphis to the Lorraine Hotel, the site of the assassination of Dr King 40 yrs ago.
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Candle Light Vigil
Date: Friday, April 4, 2008
Venue: National Civil Rights Museum
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Vigil will include special guest speakers and performers including Rev. C.T. Vivian, and Dr. Cynthia Griggs Fleming. Forty lanterns will be lit by local citizens from diverse backgrounds as a roll call of beneficiaries of the movement and as the names of civil rights figures of the past are read. The lanterns will remain lit for forty days.
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April 4th Foundation Commemorative Awards Banquet
Date: Friday, April 4, 2008
Venue: Memphis Cook Convention Center
Time: 7:00 PM
Sponsored by: The April 4th Foundation
This annual event honors some of the pioneers in civil and human rights. This year’s honorees are U.S. Rep. John Lewis, and Harry Belafonte. The banquet’s keynote speaker is Dr. Joseph Lowery and Mistress of Ceremonies is Angela Basset. Tickets are $100.00. For more information, contact Cato Walker at 901-255-0725.
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Bishop Charles Blake, West Angeles Church of God in Christ
Date: Friday April 4, 2008
Venue: Mason Temple
Time: 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m
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A Change Moving Forward
Nancy Wilson & She Says She Says
Date: Saturday April 5, 2008
Venue: Cannon Center of the Performing Arts
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Cultural Development Foundati of Memphis
The renowned & incomparable jazz diva, Miss Nancy Wilson, is one of the most respected vocalists of our time, with more than 60 albums and 3 Grammy Awards in a musical career that has spanned over 5 decades; her style is ageless. Miss Wilson will render an evening of jazz, blues and gospel that will leave you spellbound. Her melodic voice of harmony will be the perfect tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For more information, call Rebecca Edwards at 901-312-9787.
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40th Commemorative High Tea & Fashion Show
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008
Venue: Plush Club on Beale
Time: 12:45 p.m.
Sponsored by: The University of Memphis Luther C. McClellan Alumni Chapter
The Luther C. McClellan Alumni Chapter will host a reunion tea to benefit the chapter’s scholarship fund and will honor the first University of Memphis African American graduate.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symphony
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Venue: New Sardis Church 7739 E. Holmes Rd.
Time: 5:30 PM
Tickets are $10.00 per person. For more information, contact Rev. LaSimba Gray at 901- 754-3979.
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SCLC Community Unity Commemorative Worship Service
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Venue: St. Stephens Baptist Church
Time: 7:00 PM
Sponsored by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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 For more information, please contact Dr. Dwight Montgomery at 901-948-7915.
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