{"id":2,"date":"2020-12-28T20:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T20:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlingtonparks.us\/mlk-tribute\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-01-07T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:44:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arlingtonparks.us\/mlk-tribute\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arlington\u2019s annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held virtually on\u00a0Sun., Jan. 16 at 5 p.m.<\/b>\u00a0The 2022 program will include music, dance and spoken word to honor Dr. King\u2019s life and legacy. Spoken Word artist Kim B. Miller will share original works. Kimberly Gordon will sing three selections, including\u00a0Lift Every Voice and Sing<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 also known as the Black national anthem. Dancer Kamali Hill will perform to\u00a0<\/b>Freedom<\/i>\u00a0by the Golden Gospel Singers and Mahalia Jackson’s version of\u00a0Down by the River Side<\/i>\u00a0and Malachi Alexander will dance to\u00a0It Ain’t Over<\/i> by Maurette Brown Clark.<\/p>\n

Watch live on Jan., 16 at 5 p.m. here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On this site, you can also view content sections with videos from past MLK Tributes and never-before-seen works:<\/p>\n

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  • Content sections with videos from past MLK Tributes and never-before-seen works:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n
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    • A video compilation highlighting clips of music, dance, spoken word and dialogue from recent MLK Tributes, including:\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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      • Remarks from Arlington County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Cho<\/span>ir\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0renditions of\u00a0<\/span>The Best Is Yet to Come\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and\u00a0<\/span>Ai<\/span><\/i>n\u2019t<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Gonna<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Let Nobody Turn Me Around<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Original work by spoken word artist Kim B. Miller,\u00a0<\/span>Your Calling\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Motherless Child<\/span><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>I\u2018<\/span><\/i>ll<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Rise Up<\/span><\/i>, performed by the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dance Ensemble<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Scene from the 51st MLK Tribute, performed by actor Deshawn Harris (as MLK) and Yancy Langston (voice of Benjamin Mays)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Arlington native Joy Gardner solo rendition of\u00a0<\/span>A Change is\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Gonna<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Com<\/span><\/i>e<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Remarks from Arlington resident Joan Mulholland, activist and educato<\/span>r<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Solo dance by\u00a0<\/span>Kailah<\/span>\u00a0Doles to\u00a0<\/span>If I Could<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Kimberly D. Gordon\u2019s youth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>vocal student ensemble<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Christian Humphrey, Armani L.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Thompson<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0Baylee Wesson<\/span>\u2019s rendition of\u00a0<\/span>This Little Light of Mine<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Freedom<\/span><\/i>\u00a0performed by Jackie Pate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Inspire Arts Collective dance to<\/span>\u00a0Glory<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Is My Living in Vain\u00a0<\/span><\/i>performed by local quartet The\u00a0<\/span>Four<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Spoken word artist Audrey Miller\u2019s performance of her original work<\/span>\u00a0Stand<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Encore Stage & Studio students perform the scene\u00a0<\/span>Change\u00a0<\/span><\/i>that depicts students’ reaction to school integration in 1959 in Arlington<\/span>\u00a0from the 2020 MLK Tribute<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Lift Every Voice and Sing, produced by Balm in Gilead, Inc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Specific Music Options\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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        • I\u2019ve<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Been Buked and Scorned<\/span><\/i>, soloist James Gibson<\/span><\/li>\n
        • I Know\u00a0<\/span><\/i>I\u2019ve<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Been Changed<\/span><\/i>, soloist Karen D<\/span>. Archer<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Is My Living in Vain\u00a0<\/span><\/i>performed by local quartet The\u00a0<\/span>Four<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Changed<\/span><\/i>, performed by Kimberly D. Gordon\u00a0<\/span>and accompanied by\u00a0<\/span>Kabanya<\/span>\u00a0Vinson and V-TRINITY<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir\u2019s renditions of\u00a0<\/span>The Best Is Yet to Come\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and\u00a0<\/span>Ain\u2019t<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Gonna<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Let Nobody Turn Me Around<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
        • Andrew Smith perform<\/span>ance of<\/span>\u00a0Take My Hand, Precious Lord<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Freedom<\/span><\/i>\u00a0performed by Jackie Pate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Angela Moore perform<\/span>ance of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I’ve Just Come\u00a0<\/span><\/i>From<\/span><\/i>\u00a0the Fountain<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Anne Smith perform<\/span>ance<\/span>\u00a0as Mahalia Jackson remembering the March on Washington<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Roy Patten, Jr. perform<\/span>ance of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Believe in Yourself<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • A clip from Larry Bland and the Volunteer Gospel Choir’s performance of\u00a0<\/span>He’s Blessing Me<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Kimberly D. Gordon\u2019s youth vocal student ensemble<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Christian Humphrey, Armani L. Thompson<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0Baylee Wesson<\/span>\u2019s rendition of\u00a0<\/span>This Little Light of Mine<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
        • Arlington native Joy Gardner solo rendition of\u00a0<\/span>A Change is\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Gonna<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Come<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Specific Dance Options<\/strong>\n
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          • Precious Lord Take My Hand and Glory, performed by the Inspire Arts Collective<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
          • If I Could, performed by\u00a0<\/span>Kailah<\/span>\u00a0Doles<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Motherless Child and\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ll<\/span>\u00a0Rise Up, performed by the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dance Ensemble<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Specific Spoken Word Options\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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            • New original work,\u00a0<\/span>Speak<\/span><\/i>, from spoken word artist Kim B. Miller<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Reflections from Encore Stage & Studio students<\/span>\u00a0Maddy Sadler, John Monaco and Oliver Meek<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Original work by spoken word artist Kim B. Miller<\/span>, including<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Break the Chains<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and\u00a0<\/span>Your Calling<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Original work,\u00a0<\/span>Stand<\/span><\/i>, by Audrey Perkins<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • Reflections\u00a0<\/strong>\n
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              • A<\/span>n excerpt from MLK’s iconic 1968 sermon The Drum Major Instinct<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>recited by Minister Tonia Heggs, Macedonia Baptist Church<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Remarks from\u00a0<\/span>Saundra Green, who first developed Arlington’s MLK Trib<\/span>ute<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Footage fro<\/span>m Mr. Milton Lowe<\/span>\u00a0of the Arlington NAACP at the 1963 March on Washingto<\/span>n<\/span><\/li>\n
              • A message from Samia Byrd, Chief Race & Equity Officer for Arlington County<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Arlington Public Library presentation on Multiracial Coalitions in the Civil Rights Era<\/span>\u00a0with George Washington University professor Gordon K.\u00a0<\/span>Mantler<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Activist and educator Joan Mulholland\u00a0<\/span>recites<\/span>\u00a0a piece about the Civil Rights Movement and her participation in it<\/span>\u00a0followed by a performance by\u00a0<\/span>The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>Ain’t<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Gonna<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Let Nobody Turn Me Around<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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