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MLK Celebration Committee Events
January 16, Saturday
Youth Symposium
9:00am-2:00pm
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School
2427 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave, Washington,
DC 20020
Volunteer Hours available for participants
Sunday,
January 17
Time: 3:00pm-7:00pm
Annual Gospel Music Concert (FREE)
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church -- 215 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC |
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Terry D. Streeter, Host Pastor
Monday,
January 18
Time 10am-12pm
Interfaith "Prayer, Peace, & Praise" Service (FREE)
Rev. A.C. Durant, Host Pastor
10th Street Baptist Church, 1000
"R" Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Commemorative “Dr. King March” to the
Wreath Laying Ceremony immediately following the Inter-Faith Service.
March & Wreath Laying Ceremony
African-American Civil War Memorial (FREE)
Hon. Frank Smith, Jr., Chairperson
(Special guest; Mass 54th regiment)
Time: 12:30pm-2:00pm
Vermont Avenue & "U" Street, NW
[Reception to follow]
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Celebrating King
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DC Library with C.R.Gibbs
“Blueprint for Justice: The Global
Impact of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Monday, January 11
Juanita
Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library
7420 Georgia Ave, NW
(202) 541-6100
Wednesday, January 13
Francis Gregory
Neighborhood Library
3660 Alabama Ave., SE
(202) 645-4297
“Facing
the Rising Sun: Dr. King and Africa
Tuesday, January 12
Lamond Riggs Neighborhood
Library
5401 S. Dakota Ave., NE (at Kennedy St.)
(202) 541-6255
Thursday,
January 14
Southeast Neighborhood Library
403 7th St., SE
(202) 698-3372
Monday, January 18
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Time: 6 p.m. The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University host a musical celebration in honor of Dr. King’s
legacy. (Tickets distributed FREE beginning at 10 am). India Arie scheduled to perform. President
Obama to attend.
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MLK Celebration Committee
Event (Continued)
Monday, January 18
Multi-Cultural Celebration
Performance at the Historic Lincoln Theatre
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm ** FREE Event **
1215 "U" Street NW, Washington, DC
Dr. King Student Scholarships and 2010 Dream Keepers Award Presentations
Hosts: TBD
Local & National Performers:
Harpist Rashida Jolley (America’s Got Talent)
Beat Ya Feet Kings (America’s Best Dance Crew)
Joshua Wheeler – Michael Jackson rendition
JEWELS N abunDance
Chris “Sista Souljah” Jackson
The Natural Soul Band
Northwestern High School Choir
Trinidad & Tobago Band
Cardozo High School Jr. ROTC
Body Works Dance Troup
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Resources
**Free tickets given for the January 18th Lincoln
Theatre event starting now through Friday, January 15, 2009
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