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SUMMARY:9th Annual Martin Luther King\, Jr. Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation proudly presents its ninth annual\n\nMartin Luther King\, Jr. birthday event. \n\nThis year's program will honor Dr. King by featuring the work being done by two local groups to reckon with history. Afterward\, there will be a discussion about how vernacular history gets written\, "how the word is passed." The program will open with a recording of Martin Luther King\, Jr. reading segments of "Letters from Birmingham Jail."\n\nJoe Rukeyser from the Cape Ann Slavery and Abolition Project will present\n\nrecent research on abolition. Melissa Dimond of Wellspring House will follow\n\nwith that organization's work on the Freeman Family\, the prominent Black\n\nfamily who called the Wellspring House home for over 100 years. Then Michea McCaffrey\, co-chair of the Gloucester Racial Justice Team\, and Dick Prouty\, founder of TownGreen and board member of the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation\, will lead a discussion on critical points made by author Clint Smith in his book How the Word is Passed. (It is not necessary to have read the book.)The Paul Revere Bell in the Meetinghouse tower will be rung at the end as people disperse onto the newly restored green.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-family:&quot\;Arial&quot\;\,sans-serif">The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation proudly presents its ninth annual<br />\nMartin Luther King\, Jr. birthday event.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:&quot\;Arial&quot\;\,sans-serif">This year&rsquo\;s program will honor Dr. King by featuring the work being done by two local groups to reckon with history. Afterward\, there will be a discussion about how vernacular history gets written\, &ldquo\;how the word is passed.&rdquo\; The program will open with a recording of Martin Luther King\, Jr. reading segments of &ldquo\;Letters from Birmingham Jail.&rdquo\;</span><o:p></o:p></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:&quot\;Arial&quot\;\,sans-serif">Joe Rukeyser from the Cape Ann Slavery and Abolition Project will present<br />\nrecent research on abolition. Melissa Dimond of Wellspring House will follow<br />\nwith that organization&rsquo\;s work on the Freeman Family\, the prominent Black<br />\nfamily who called the Wellspring House home for over 100 years. Then Michea McCaffrey\, co-chair of the Gloucester Racial Justice Team\, and Dick Prouty\, founder of TownGreen and board member of the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation\, will lead a discussion on critical points made by author Clint Smith in his book How the Word is Passed. (It is not necessary to have read the book.)The Paul Revere Bell in the Meetinghouse tower will be rung at the end as people disperse onto the newly restored green.</span><o:p></o:p></p>\n
LOCATION:Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church\, located at the corner of Church and Middle Streets (GPS 50 Middle Street). An elevator is available from the side door at 10 Church Street
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DTSTAMP:20260417T011732Z
URL:http://business.capeannchamber.com/events/details/9th-annual-martin-luther-king-jr-day-celebration-34572
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