Contact:

Sarah Ray

802-443-5794

sray@middlebury.edu

Posted: January 14, 2002

MIDDLEBURY,

VT -Middlebury College will join the rest of the nation

on Monday, Jan. 21, to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King,

Jr. in a series of events and activities that will evoke the

enduring spirit of the civil rights leader. All events are

free and open to the public.

From 7:30 to

9 a.m., the fourth annual prayer breakfast will take place

in McCullough Student Center on Old Chapel Road off South

Main Street (Route 30). The program will include an

invocation from Middlebury College Chaplain Laurel Jordan

and a benediction from Middlebury College Associate Chaplain

and Rabbi Ira Schiffer, a student reading, and brief remarks

by Middlebury College Visiting Instructor and Minority

Research Fellow Sol Levy on “The Mind of Martin Luther

King, Jr.” As part of the program, Twilight

Artist-in-Residence François Clemmons will sing

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” He will also direct

the College choir in a musical tribute to King.

A versatile

performer, Clemmons is the founder of the Harlem Spiritual

Ensemble, and the creator of the role of the friendly police

officer, Officer Clemmons, on the Emmy Award-winning

television show, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

Clemmons is currently teaching a winter term course at

Middlebury titled “The History of the American Negro

Spiritual and Its Influence on Western

Civilization.”

A complementary breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and

the program will begin at 8 a.m. Because seating is limited,

breakfast will be served on a first-come, first-served

basis.

Other

activities on Jan. 21 include a lecture and a film titled

“Men of Bronze.” Producer and director Bill Miles

will share opening remarks about his film, which tells the

story of the black American soldiers of the 369th Combat

Regiment known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” who

served alongside the French army in World War I. Miles will

also conduct a question-and- answer session after the film.

The lecture and film will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Dana

Auditorium in the Sunderland Language Center on College

Street (Route 125). At 7:30 p.m. that evening, the film

“From Montgomery to Memphis” will be shown in Room

216 in Bicentennial Hall on Bicentennial Way off College

Street (Route 125).

Throughout

the day on Jan. 21, a video of King’s “I have a

Dream” speech will be on display along with other civil

rights memorabilia and posters in the juice bar and stage

area of the Grille in McCullough Student Center on Old

Chapel Road off South Main Street (Route 30). A photography

exhibition titled “Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris: A

Legacy in Black and White” will also be open through

April 7 at the Middlebury College Museum of Art in the

Center for the Arts on South Main Street (Route 30).

For more

information, contact Jessa Karki in the Middlebury College

office of institutional diversity at 802-443-5709. To follow

are events calendar listings.

Middlebury

College Events in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Monday, Jan. 21

7:30-9

a.m. Fourth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer

Breakfast

Brief remarks by Middlebury College Visiting Instructor

and Minority Research Fellow Sol Levy on “The Mind

of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” a student reading, and

music by François Clemmons and the Middlebury

College Choir.

Limited seating. Breakfast available on first-come,

first-served basis at 7:30 a.m. Program begins at 8

a.m.

McCullough Student Center, Old Chapel Road off South Main

Street (Route 30)

Sponsored by Middlebury College Ross Commons

4:30 p.m.

Lecture and Film “Men of Bronze”

Producer and director Bill Miles will share opening

remarks about his film “Men of Bronze,” which

tells the story of the black American soldiers of the

369th Combat Regiment known as the “Harlem

Hellfighters,” who served alongside the French army

in World War I. Miles will also conduct a question and

answer session after the film.

Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, College

Street (Route 125)

7:30 p.m. Film “From Montgomery to

Memphis”

Room 216, Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College

Street (Route 125)

On-going

on jan. 21 Display: Video of King’s “I

have a Dream” speech on display with other civil

rights memorabilia and posters.

Juice bar and stage in the Grille, McCullough Student

Center, Old Chapel Road off South Main Street (Route

30)

On-going

Photography Exhibition: “Charles

‘Teenie’ Harris: A Legacy in

through Black and White”

April 7 Middlebury College Museum of Art, Center for the

Arts, South Main Street (Route 30)

All events

are free and open to the public. For more information,

contact Jessa Karki in the Middlebury College office of

institutional diversity at 802-443-5709.