Hear about how Dr. King and his colleagues used the media and politically strategic tactics to help pass key legislation in the Civil Rights Movement and how those strategies continue to inform and inspire contemporary social justice movements at the WNYC and Apollo Theater's 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, The Strategic King: MLK’s Visionary Leadership. Enjoy music and special spoken-word performances by artist and MacArthur Fellow Carrie Mae Weems, Pulitzer Prize-winner and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and playwright and producer Jessica Care Moore. WQXR’s Terrance McKnight will serve as the emcee. The Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, Washington Post opinion writer Jonathan Capehart, Mary-Pat Hector, the National Youth Director for National Action Network, professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Rashad Robinson, the President of Color Of Change, and former South Carolina State Rep. Bakari Sellers, among others, will be on the panel.
Make sure to get your tickets soon–they're first come, first served–and arrive early.