2024 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: Boldly Embracing a Legacy of Greatness
Date: Sunday, January 14, 2024
Time: 2–3:30 pm
Free event
The annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration will highlight the richness of the Black experience in America. The event will feature an original theatrical work created and performed by Kathryn Bentley, Geovonday Jones, and Jacqueline Thompson inspired by photographs by Moneta Sleet Jr. in the Museum’s collection. The program will also include speaker Rebeccah Bennett, founder and principal of Emerging Wisdom and a call to action from Marcus A. Creighton, on behalf of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Epsilon Lambda Chapter.
Moneta Sleet Jr., American, 1926–1996; Rosa Parks, Dr. and Mrs. Abernathy, Dr. Ralph Bunche, and Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. leading marchers into Montgomery, 1965, printed c.1970; gelatin silver print; image: 13 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches, sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of the Johnson Publishing Company 426:1991; © Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy Ford Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture 296 KB View full-size Download
Location
The Farrell Auditorium
One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park,
St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1380
Tickets for this free program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s Information Centers or through MetroTix. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.