Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute and Dinner
Sponsored by: OAR ~ Overseas Americans Remember
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Join us for a simple dinner. Listen to people who were there, the music and the wisdom of the young.
When one thinks about the Civil Rights Movement, there are no words. A people who were enslaved and freed and then forced to live in segregation said, “We can be free. We must be free, but the force we use will be Soul Force.” Dr. King led that movement and the hundreds of thousands who followed him, shared his belief in non-violence and his commitment to the United States and the dignity of people everywhere.
We hope you will join us and bring your children and friends. Priscilla Nokoe, Adrienne West, Liat Heymann and a chorale group from the American School of The Hague will sing the music of the Movement: Let Us Break Bread Together, Oh Freedom and other songs that inspired the Movement. Jimmy Yarnell, TS Galloway and Charli Green will play jazz. TS played with Count Basie’s orchestra and for Dr. King during Operation Breadbasket in Chicago. Young people, the “Bearers of the Torch” will speak. We are hopeful that Marja Verloop, the US Chargé D’Affaires, will be in attendance to share the President’s message and her own thoughts.
Much has changed since Dr. King’s time. Yet, in spite of all the progress, there is an alarming rise of racism, anti-Semitism, and hatred directed towards Muslims and Asians. The motto of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Make This a Day On, Not a Day Off! If we make each day a day on, we shall overcome someday.