County Honors MLK With Live Stream Performing Arts Program
Montgomery County is holding a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute and Celebration program Monday, Jan. 18 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in honor of the great civil rights leader’s birthday.
The live stream performing arts program is titled, “In His and Their Own Words,” and will reflect on this country’s past with forecasts of the future. It will include the reading of letters, interactive student artwork and a performance by jazz musician Marcus Johnson, an alum of Blair High School, Howard University and Georgetown Law School.
The annual MLK tribute will include remarks by Executive Marc Elrich, Council President Tom Hucker and Director of Human Rights James Stowe. Councilmembers will recite brief excerpts from King’s speeches. Four students will share personal letters addressed to “Dear Martin” but written in their own words.