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BP MARKOWITZ, DEPUTY BP GRAHAM TO HONOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ON EVE OF HISTORIC INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA
10:30 A.M.
MONDAY, JANUARY 19
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)
HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE
30 LAFAYETTE AVENUE
BETWEEN ASHLAND PLACE AND ST. FELIX STREET
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Monday, January 19, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 23rd annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). The event, presented by BP Markowitz, BAM, and Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York, is New York City’s largest public celebration in honor of the slain civil rights leader.
The keynote address will be delivered by Minnijean Brown Trickey, original member of the historic “Little Rock Nine.”
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