A one-night-only virtual event from Doors Open Pittsburgh takes visitors inside the Clemente Museum.
January 14, 2021
PHOTO BY CHARLES “TEENIE” HARRIS, COURTESY OF SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Here’s a powerful quotation: “Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth.”
If I told you it came from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., you wouldn’t have much trouble believing me. While it certainly aligns with aspects of Dr. King’s work, however, those words are not his; the speaker is Roberto Clemente.
This Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Doors Open Pittsburgh will present a virtual tour of The Clemente Museum. “The Clemente Museum: The Story of the Great One,” hosted by Duane Reider, the museum’s executive director and curator, will examine Clemente’s humanitarian activism.
PITTSBURGH You can take a virtual visit inside the Roberto Clemente Museum on Monday as Doors Open Pittsburgh celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Dedicating to preserving the legacy of the Pittsburgh Pirates hall of famer, the Lawrenceville museum shows how Clemente had an impact beyond baseball, best depicted by the inscription on his cenotaph, “Son of Carolina, Exemplary Citizen, Athlete, Philanthropist, Teacher, Hero of the Americas and the World, notes the nonprofit Doors Open Pittsburgh. Incensed by the injustice, inequality and racism he witnessed in the United States, Clemente extended his humanitarian activism to the African American community. In fact, Martin Luther King visited Clemente at his farm in Puerto Rico, Doors Open Pittsburgh said.