Program to honor Martin Luther King Jr. set for Monday
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Music, speeches to celebrate King and his legacy
MOSES LAKE — The life, work and legacy of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. will be commemorated with a program at 6 p.m. Monday at the Moses Lake Civic Center auditorium.
Admission is free. Charlie Jones, president of MLK committee, said the program is open to anybody who wants to come.
Traditionally the program includes a reading of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which he delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. For 2020, the Rev. Plasido Lindsey will deliver the reading.
Brother Glenn Hughes, pastor at the Moses Lake Worship Center, will be the guest speaker. Other speakers will discuss King’s life and legacy, building on that legacy, extending it and improving it.
The program also includes Scripture readings from the congregations of several churches, and recognition of the churches that provide support for the celebration. Choirs from the Say Yes Faith Center and the Moses Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church will perform. Lory Jones is the soloist.
Third- through fifth-graders and junior high students were invited to participate in an essay contest on King and the fight for civil rights. Some of the essays will be read, and winners will be announced during the program. The two categories will have prizes for first, second and third.
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