Our goal is to create a beloved community and
this will require a qualitative change in our souls
as well as a quantitative change in our lives.
~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
All day Special Exhibit: Ms. Cornelia Crenshaw's car
At Nat. Civil Rights Museum. Contact Kira Duke, 521-9699.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
9:30 AM MIFA 9th Annual Ceremony Honoring Volunteers and Dr. King
All Day City Service Projects
- choose your project more infoAll day Special Exhibit: Ms. Cornelia Crenshaw's car
4:30 PM Civil Rights Major League Baseball Game
Sunday, March 30, 2008
6:30 AM WLOK Talk Show: On the Road to Healing
Bishop William Young & Pastor Diane Young with guest Rev. Gary Gunderson
On AM 1340. Contact: William Young, 508-2539, bishop@memphishealingcenter.com
Morning Faith Community Sunday Services
All day Special Exhibit: Ms. Cornelia Crenshaw's car
5:00 PM Panel Discussion on Conflict Resolution
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
8AM-5PM Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Man, The Message, The Movement
At National Civil Rights Museum, co-sponsored by University of Memphis and Memphis Theological Seminary. Contact Michael Charles Leff, mleff@memphis.edu, 678-3171.
2:00 PM Clergy Luncheon
(RSVP required)7:00 PM Program in Observance of the 40th Anniversary of the Assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
evening REM Pre-Conference: "Telling Our Stories About Dr. King"
At Holiday Inn, Univ. of Memphis. Contact Gale Kennebrew, 516-7454. Conference registration may apply.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
12:00 PM In Remembrance There Is Life Lecture
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.
At 1st Congregational Church, 1000 S. Cooper St. Contact Kira Duke, 521-9699.
12:00 PM REM Academic Symposium: "Chaos or Community: Where Do We Go From Here?"
1:00 PM Student Symposium by April 4th Foundation: "Where Are We Now ... Where Do We Go From Here?"
5:30 PM "What Would Martin Say?" Book Premier & Signing with Clarence B. Jones
6:00 PM Sanitation Workers Reunion organized by Al Sharpton's National Action Network
7:00 PM In Remembrance There Is Life Cocktail Reception featuring Movement Leaders
Friday, April 4, 2008
9:00 AM March
At 485 Beale. Contact: Ruth Davis, AFSCME, 525-2458.
A Dream Reborn Conference
5:00 PM Wreath Laying Ceremony by Alpha Phi Alpha
5:30 PM Candlelight Vigil
6:30 PM Awards Banquet Gala by April 4th Foundation
Saturday, April 5, 2008
A Dream Reborn Conference
At Cook Convention Ctr., 255 N. Main St. Contact Alli Chagi-Stan, alli@greenforall.org.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
A Dream Reborn Conference 5:30 PM Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symphony
At Cook Convention Ctr., 255 N. Main St. Contact Alli Chagi-Stan, alli@greenforall.org.
At New Sardis Baptist Church, 7739 E. Holmes Rd. $10/psn. Contact: LaSimba Gray, 754-3979, lgrayjr@bellsouth.net
7:00 PM Community Unity Commemorative Worship Service
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
6:30 pm Professor Bobby Lovett, author of The Civil Rights Movement of Tennessee speaks. Book signing.
Bobby L. Lovett is a professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Tennessee State University. His articles and reviews have been published widely in such journals as Tennessee Historical Quarterly and the Journal of Southern History. Together with L. T. Wynn, he edited the book, Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee. But he may be best known for his book The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History . He will be sharing his wide knowledge of history at this event.
At Benjamin J. Hooks Central Library. Contact Wayne Dowdy, 415-2744, dowdyw@memphislibrary.org
Thursday, April 10, 2008
7:00 pm 3rd Annual Gerard A. Vanderhaar Syposium. Dr. Martin Luther King Vision and Practice: His Legacy, present Struggles and Future Hopes with Rev. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D.
Rev. Massingale, Associate Professor at Marquette University, is a Catholic Moral Theologian with a focus on liberation theologies, African American religious ethics and racial justice. Recent work applies social thought to the issues of affirmative action, racial reconciliation, terrorism and the challenge of peacemaking.
The Vanderhaar Student Peace Award will be presented at the Symposium and a reception will follow.
At University Theater, Christian Brothers University. For more information, please call 901-321-3270.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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