Click on the audio files below to hear Alma students reading quotes about and by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Shakaria Kirk '07 quotes Oprah Winfrey during her speech at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Philip Himebaugh '07 quotes President Bill Clinton during his speech at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Antuan Davis-Featherstone '09 reads an excerpt from "The Drum Major Instinct", a sermon by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968.
Antuan Davis-Featherstone '09 reads an excerpt from "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?", 1967.
"The King Holiday celebrates Dr. King’s global vision of the world house, a world whose people and nations had triumphed over poverty, racism, war and violence. The holiday celebrates his vision of ecumenical solidarity, his insistence that all faiths had something meaningful to contribute to building the beloved community."
Excerpted from The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, By Coretta Scott King, The King Center Web site
