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In Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I attended a celebration for Dr. King at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) this morning.  The speakers lineup was full of politicians (Gov. David Paterson, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nydia Velazquez) and the keynote speaker was Danny Glover.  This is the second-most interesting event I have gone to involving Dr. King.  My favorite was going to Sotheby's in the summer of 2006 to view an exhibit featuring a collection of treasures from Dr. King including the original draft of his "I Have A Dream Speech," his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and his Nobel Peace Prize lecture and acceptance speeches for both the Oslo, Norway ceremony and the historic integrated dinner in Atlanta that followed. 

I would also like to remember and honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King, who died on January 30, 2006, on this day. Here is the tribute I wrote on 55 Secret Street on Dr. King's Day in 2007, Coretta Couture.

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

I don't have anything new or different to say about The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King today (you know, just like everyone else in the world).  Instead, I will just pay tribute to Dr. King today by linking some of my past posts on Dr. King and a few other interesting links and pictures.

Dr. and Mrs. King marching in Mississippi, 1966.  The top photo is of the Kings voting in 1964.



Dr. King with his wife and mother in 1958 at Harlem Hospital.  He was recovering after being stabbed by a crazed woman.

A King's Treasure at Sotheby's - In June 2006, I had the pleasure of viewing the extensive Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Sotheby's in Manhattan.  The collection narrowly avoided an auction and will now be housed at Dr. King's alma mater Morehouse College.  

A Memorial Fit for a King - The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial will open in 2008 just steps from where Dr. King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.  The photos above and in the post are from the November 2006 groundbreaking ceremony.

The photos below are from Coretta Couture, a 55 Secret Street post from 2007 marking the one year anniversary of Mrs. Coretta Scott King's death.  In case you haven't seen it, this is a pdf of her funeral program.