In this speech, King speaks about how America has failed to live up to its promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all its citizens. (You can listen to here, or read it here.) Others heard it, or parts of it, on the evening news. Approximately 250,000 people heard it at the National Mall-the largest audience for a Washington rally up to that time. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, given on August 28, 1963, as the culmination of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For more information about the museum, visit nmaahc.si.edu, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, or call Smithsonian information at (202) 633-1000.Several times a year, I listen to Reverend Dr. Occupying a prominent location next to the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the nearly 400,000-square-foot museum is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive cultural destination devoted exclusively to exploring, documenting, and showcasing the African American story and its impact on American and world history. 24, 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has welcomed more than 7 million visitors.
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This program is free, but registration is requiredĪbout the National Museum of African American History and Culture This month’s program celebrates King’s legacy and chronicles several key events during the last five years of his life. During the History Alive! virtual public program, McCaskill will tell the stories of individuals that fought to end racial segregation in the southern United States and discrimination against African Americans. McCaskill brings his History Alive! program to the National Museum of History and Culture to virtually celebrate this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Last Five Years This program will be pre-recorded, and there will be no live Q&A. NMAAHC Curator Aaron Bryant will moderate the discussion. For Hall, Passing was a deeply personal journey, stemming from the discovery of her own family history. The film explores not just racial identity but gender, class, the responsibilities of motherhood and the performance of femininity from the perspective of two Black women who choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York. The story takes place in the early 20th century from the perspective of two childhood friends who have grown in two separate worlds: one a Black woman in upper-middle-class Harlem and another visiting from upper-class Chicago who is passing as white. In addition to issues about race, it raises issues about other types of passing through the lens of class and desire. As Hall’s directorial debut, Passing is based on Nella Larsen’s novel of the same name. Passing: A Film Discussion with Director/Writer Rebecca Hall and Actresses Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga For its first public program of 2022, NMAAHC will have a virtual discussion with Rebecca Hall, screenwriter and director of Netflix’s film Passing, alongside actresses Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. In addition to displaying King’s speech, the museum has two virtual offerings that give visitors opportunities to celebrate the holiday from the comfort of their homes, including a blog post highlighting little-known facts about King. Recently, Villanova University became the speech’s steward and has entered into a long-term loan agreement with the museum to display it. King’s speech was originally in possession of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame player and coach George Raveling, who came in receipt of the artifact while volunteering at the 1963 March on Washington. Alongside the speech will be other objects associated with King, including the Congressional Gold Medal awarded posthumously to him and Coretta Scott King in 2014, a laundry pail used by King during the march from Selma to Montgomery and a program from his funeral at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Advanced and same-day free timed-entry passes are available online No walk-ups will be permitted. In observance of the holiday, the museum will be open to the public for normal operating hours (10 a.m. It will be on view in the “Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom” gallery from Jan. The case containing the speech, which was initially on display in fall 2021, will be reinstalled just in time for visitors to view the historic document ahead of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. 17) by displaying Martin Luther King Jr.’s original speech from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
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