Focusing on his last year, the exhibition emphasizes rarely examined aspects of King’s social justice agenda by comparing contemporary events.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5752″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://sociallysparkednews.com/wp-content/uploads/MLK_50.jpg”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5753″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://sociallysparkednews.com/wp-content/uploads/M4OL_RSVP_graphic_4_preview-1.png”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“We want to not only show the aftermath of those events but also illustrate King’s influence on everything from modern social justice movements to politics to pop culture in the years since then. From Elvis to President Obama, Nichelle Nichols to Black Lives Matter, Dr. King’s legacy has had a lasting impact on our society and culture.” — aid Noelle Trent, NCRM’s Director of Interpretation, Collections & Education
Dr. King’s aptly titled final book Where Do We Go From Here has a new answer 50 years later. Initially posed to address his lifelong activism for civil rights, equality and peace, the next generation of leaders is answering his question with the birth of the largest anti-gun violence movement in United States history – Enough is Enough.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5747″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Socially Sparked® our lives. He leaves a lasting legacy that continues today with an energetic resurgence. A hero to millions in the fight for civil rights, racial equality and peace, today’s commemoration of his tragic death due to gun violence breathes added fire to an already ignited cause. — Abbe is Socially Sparked! Tweet @sosparkednews & @asparks01 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
June 9, 2020
[…] justice takes on an urgency and a renewed energy in 2020. Today the world celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 52 years after his violent assassination at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, […]
June 11, 2020
[…] years after Nobel Peace Prize Laureat and Civil Rights Activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. penned Where Do We Go From Here?, there is a new answer and renewed hope for racial equality. This was the last book Dr. King wrote […]