Gordon Parks Museum & Fort Scott Community College would like to invite you to:
CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
All events will be held at the Ellis Fine Arts Center (2108 S. Horton St., Fort Scott, KS)
Thursday, January 12th - Chamber Coffee Kickoff and Film showing
8 a.m. - The Chamber Coffee will be held at the Gordon Parks Museum to promote the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr celebration events.
10:00 a.m. - Film Showing: “Martin”, a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Gordon Parks - This is a ballet tribute to Dr. King, written and directed by Gordon Parks
Friday, January 13 th - Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Celebration
9 a.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Awakenings (1954-1956)” • Murder of Emmett Till & Montgomery Bus Boycott
12 p.m. - Lunch & Learn - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration ( Lunch & Learn) Event • Music performance and speaker presentation by Alex Kimball Williams, multicultural artist, community organizer, researcher, & educator. Alex will provide a music performance of some songs during the civil rights movements and speaker presentation on the way the arts influenced MLK’s rhetoric, the way he delivered speeches, protest signage, & more. • Birthday cake, soup, dessert, and drinks will be available for free • Photo Promotion taken with “I Stand For” sign
1:30 p.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Fighting Back (1957-1962)” • Central High School and Little Rock Nine & James Meredith and The University of Mississippi
3:30 p.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Ain’t Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)” • Nashville Sit-Ins and Boycotts & Freedom Riders
Monday, January 16th - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration Event
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Food Drive - Join us as we will collect canned and non-perishable food items to donate to the Beacon in Fort Scott • Anyone in the community is invited to drop off canned and non-perishable food
9 a.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “No Easy Walk (1961-1963)” • Albany, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama & The March on Washington
10:30 a.m. - Film Showing: Eyes on the Prize: American Civil Rights - “Mississippi: Is this America? (1962-1964)” • Medgar Evers & ‘Mississippi Burning’ Murders
12 p.m. - Lunch & Learn - “Good Trouble” presentation by John Edgar Tidwell. “Good Trouble” explores the late political activists and U.S. Congressman, John Lewis coined phrase to describe his civil disobedience in the 1960’s • Barbecue lunch, drinks, and dessert will be available for free (guests may also bring their own lunch). • Photo Promotion taken with “I Stand For” sign
1:30 p.m. - Film Showing: The PBS home video documentary “In Remembrance of Martin” in the Gordon Parks Museum
For more information, please call (620) 223-2700 ext. 5850