Celebrating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 17, 2011

Sponsored by the Multicultural Multiracial Community Council of Farmington/Farmington Hills including the Farmington Community Library, Farmington Public Schools, and Cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills.

On Monday, January 17, 2011:

All events at the Main Library take place in the Auditorium,
unless otherwise noted.

• 9:30 a.m.: Walk from Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 28000 New Market Rd. (west of Dunckel Middle School) to the Main Library, 32737 W. Twelve Mile Rd. (a one-third mile walk)—Refreshments will be served in the Library Auditorium.
  
  
• 10:15 a.m.: East Middle School Choir
  
    Welcome / Words from Area Officials
  
  
• 10:45 a.m.: Josh White, Jr. "I not me, who? If not now, when?"—The life and story of my father, Josh White.
  
  
• 11:15 a.m.: Sharing from the Audience
  
  
• 11:30 a.m.: T. Miller, nationally-acclaimed poet extraordinaire
  
    Give back through a community service project in Conference Room A (ongoing throughout the day): valentines for Seniors and personal hygiene kits for the South Oakland Shelter
  
  
• 1:00 p.m.: Storyteller Rosie Chapman presents a re-enactment of Rosa Parks and the Civil rights Movement
  
  
• 2:00 p.m.: Performance by Harrison High School Dance Company
  
    Give back through a community service project in Conference Room A (ongoing throughout the day): valentines for Seniors and personal hygiene kits for the South Oakland Shelter
  
  

Exhibits

At the Main Library during normal open hours.

Children’s Craft Activities (Lower Level—Children’s Program Room)

The Harlem Renaissance Project
Main Library, Jan. 17–Feb. 11, 2011

The era of the Harlem Renaissance encouraged African-Americans to celebrate their heritage. This African American literary, musical and art movement in the uptown Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem in the mid- and late-1920s developed greatly from post-World War I emigration from the South, to become the economic, political, and cultural center of black America. The writers, painters, and sculptors of the Harlem Renaissance celebrated the cultural traditions of African-Americans. You will be moved and inspired by the words of Langston Hughes and other writers of the Harlem Renaissance.

African American Artists from the Arts League of Michigan
(Main Level—Nonfiction Area and Fiction Display Case)

This photographic exhibit from the Arts League of Michigan highlights the culture of Detroit.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., African American History and Peace Displays From Farmington Public Schools
(Main Level—Fiction Area)