Norfolk program chronicles career of Dr. King
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By Joanne Foxjfox@siouxcityjournal.com | Posted: Monday, January 12, 2009
NORFOLK, Neb. -- Students, faculty and staff at Northeast Community College in Norfolk will host another program from Mixed Blood Theatre of Minneapolis.
The event, which is in observance of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is titled, "Dr. King's Dream." It is scheduled for 10 a.m. Jan. 19 in the Cox Activities Center Theater. It is free and open to the public.
The program features Warren C. Bowles in a solo performance that chronicles Dr. King's career from its beginning during the Montgomery bus strike to his death in Memphis. Both the external events in King's career like the Selma and Birmingham marches, his Nobel Peace Prize, his thoughts on topics from Malcolm X to the police to President Kennedy, and his "I Have a Dream" speech are part of the program.
Bowles has toured for Mixed Blood Theatre since 1981. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he also received a master's degree in theatre from the University of Minnesota. In 1984, he became the first African American to play the title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac."
Mixed Blood Theatre is a multiracial professional company, founded in 1976 and dedicated to the spirit of King's dream, Mixed Blood is a multiracial professional company based in a century-old Minneapolis fire station.
This program is funded in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. "Dr. King's Dream" is sponsored by Northeast's Martin Luther King Jr./Black History Month work group.
For more information on the event, call (402) 844-7063.
The event, which is in observance of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is titled, "Dr. King's Dream." It is scheduled for 10 a.m. Jan. 19 in the Cox Activities Center Theater. It is free and open to the public.
The program features Warren C. Bowles in a solo performance that chronicles Dr. King's career from its beginning during the Montgomery bus strike to his death in Memphis. Both the external events in King's career like the Selma and Birmingham marches, his Nobel Peace Prize, his thoughts on topics from Malcolm X to the police to President Kennedy, and his "I Have a Dream" speech are part of the program.
Bowles has toured for Mixed Blood Theatre since 1981. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he also received a master's degree in theatre from the University of Minnesota. In 1984, he became the first African American to play the title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac."
Mixed Blood Theatre is a multiracial professional company, founded in 1976 and dedicated to the spirit of King's dream, Mixed Blood is a multiracial professional company based in a century-old Minneapolis fire station.
This program is funded in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. "Dr. King's Dream" is sponsored by Northeast's Martin Luther King Jr./Black History Month work group.
For more information on the event, call (402) 844-7063.
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