The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University will host two events in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The celebration will begin with the 16th Annual For My People Award Luncheon at 11:45 a.m., Friday, Jan. 14, at the JSU Student Center, 1400 John R. Lynch St. The luncheon, sponsored by attorney Isaac K. Byrd, is named for Walker's most loved poem and honors individuals who have distinguished themselves in the preservation of African-American culture. This year's honorees are: Hank Thomas, freedom rider; Dollye M. E. Robinson, JSU Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the Mississippi National Council of Negro Women.
The Grammy award-winning Mississippi Mass Choir will perform a free concert at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the Rose Embly McCoy Auditorium. The choir is known for songs such as "Your Grace and Mercy," "Near the Cross" and "It's Good To Know Jesus."
The concert also will feature Amber Rose Johnson, the 2010 National Poetry Out Loud champion. Johnson, who won the title in April at the age of 16, beat out nearly 325,000 high school students nationwide. Johnson won after reciting Walker's "For My People." Joining Johnson will be Mississippi's Poetry Out Loud Champion John Eze Uzodinma of Jackson, Miss.
Both the luncheon and concert are free and open to the public. For more information, call 601-979-3935 or /1.3.11MLKDayMSMass.pdf Luncheon: http://www.jsums.edu/announcements/1.4.11Luncheon.pdf
See link below for flyer:
http://www.jsums.edu/margaretwalker/FMPMLK2011.pdf
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