Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: Welcome
2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Celebration
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at 7 p.m.
Malcolm Field Theatre
https://www.svsu.edu/mlk/
An Evening with Bakari Sellers
Two-time NY Times best-selling author, civil rights activist, attorney, entrepreneur, legislator, and overall prolific voice of the culture, Bakari Sellers continues to build upon the strong legacy he inherited as the son of Gwendolyn Sellers and civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers. While his dad helped shape movements working alongside Stokely Carmichael, Bayard Rustin, and Malcolm X, Bakari has come into his own helping to write the blueprint for today's movements with the likes of Rep. James Clyburn, Attorney Benjamin Crump, and President Barack Obama.
Bakari forged his own path from very early on. He entered Morehouse College at the age of 16. He went on to become a graduate of the University of South Carolina Law School and became the youngest legislator in the South Carolina state legislature at 22. In penning both his memoir My Vanishing Country and a children's book entitled "Who Are Your People?," Bakari pays homage to the working-class values that encouraged him to "dream with his eyes wide open" and that are the predicate for his persistent fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the US and abroad.
A CNN analyst, Bakari also brings an ability to elevate discourse such that people always feel one step closer to a solution or resolution after he speaks. He combines these and many other talents in his new podcast, The Bakari Sellers Podcast which airs two times a week on the Ringer Podcast Network. Sellers has also been an attorney with the Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. in Columbia, South Carolina since 2007, where he heads up the form's Strategic Communication and Public Affairs team and the DEI Consulting practice. He is married to Dr. Ellen Rucker-Sellers and they are the proud parents of three children.
This event will also feature:
- Presentation of the MLK Scholarship Awards
- Presentation of the Regional Drum Major Awards
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
The Department of the Interior is the custodian of the National Mall, where Dr. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963; the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.; and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Georgia. On what would have been his 92nd birthday, we celebrate the life and legacy of this great civil rights leader.
Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a world where “the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are guaranteed for all humankind. Today, people around the globe follow in King’s footsteps by continuing to fight for these rights through peaceful protest.
Spotlight on Martin Luther King Jr.
- Spotlight on Martin Luther King Jr.Under Dr. King’s leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining feature of the modern civil rights movement in America. King first demonstrated the efficacy of passive resistance in 1955–56 while helping to lead the prolonged bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, that succeeded in dismantling bus segregation laws. King’s words were as powerful as his deeds, and his moving and eloquent addresses, which gave hope to millions, continue to inspire people throughout the world.
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