MLK
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968

Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
"Mother dear, may I go downtown
Instead of out to play,
And march the streets of Birmingham
In a Freedom March today?"
"No, baby, no, you may not go,
For the dogs are fierce and wild,
And clubs and hoses, guns and jails
Aren't good for a little child."
"But, mother, I won't be alone.
Other children will go with me,
And march the streets of Birmingham
To make our country free."
"No, baby, no, you may not go,
For I fear those guns will fire.
But you may go to church instead
And sing in the children's choir."
She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair,
And bathed rose petal sweet,
And drawn white gloves on her small brown hands,
And white shoes on her feet.
The mother smiled to know that her child
Was in the sacred place,
But that smile was the last smile
To come upon her face.
For when she heard the explosion,
Her eyes grew wet and wild.
She raced through the streets of Birmingham
Calling for her child.
She clawed through bits of glass and brick,
Then lifted out a shoe.
"O, here's the shoe my baby wore,
But, baby, where are you?"
(On the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963)
Welcome
Master and Mistresses of
Ceremonies
MLK the Man
— Dr. Angela McCaskill, Chief Diversity Officer
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
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Ericka Baylor
Michelle Morris
Elena Ruiz
Brandon Williams
— Mr. Edgar Palmer, Associate Dean
Office of Diversity and Equity for Students
“Ballad of Birmingham”
Poem by Dudley Randall
Interactive Game
“Did You Know”
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Nathalie Pluvoise
Elena Ruiz and Ericka Baylor
Signed Song
“A Change is Gonna Come”
— “ReVonte
Reflection — Michelle Morris and Elena Ruiz
Community reflects on the memory of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
March on Washington
Nobel Peace Price
March for Striking
Garbage Workers
Master and Mistresses of
Ceremonies
Closing Performance
Signed Song and Dance
“I Need Thee Every Hour”
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Michelle Morris & Julia Wallace
Ericka Baylor & Rita Torres
Brandon Williams & Michael Kothe
— Ericka Baylor
Michelle Morris
Elena Ruiz
Brandon Williams
— “ReVonte”
Light refreshments will be served following the program.