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A Day of Celebration in Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK)
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This year's program will spotlight women who have advocated for social justice in Boston, including Coretta Scott King and Sue Bailey Thurman. The BU Band and Inner Strength Gospel Choir will perform the music of Aretha Franklin.
The event culminates with a keynote address by Dr. Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools. The event is free and open to the public.
In previous years, leaders such as U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, Beverly Morgan-Welch, Sonia Sanchez, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine, Judy Richardson of Eyes on the Prize, and civil rights activist and filmmaker Topper Carew served as keynote speakers.
Governor Deval Patrick, Chief Justice Roderick Ireland, Boston Poet Laureates Sam Cornish and Danielle Legros Georges, former Orthopaedic Surgeon-in-Chief at Beth Israel Hospital Dr. Augustus White, and WGBH Radio host Eric Jackson are among those who have served as readers in previous years.
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Free and open to the public
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775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA map
Metcalf Hall
2nd Floor of the George Sherman Union at Boston University,
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
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