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David Blight and Khalil Gibran Muhammad

One of the most forgotten elements of the Civil Rights Movement is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s efforts to get President John F. Kennedy to write a “Second Emancipation Proclamation.” Read more about King’s Forgotten Manifesto (New York Times, May 16, 2012), in which he argues for an executive order that would ban segragation in the same way the Emancipation Procalmation outlawed slavery. Take part in an engaging discussion between professor and authors David Blight and Khalil Gibran Muhammad as they discuss this fascinating history in celebration of MLK’s birthday.











When: Wed., Jan. 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
212-491-2200
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One of the most forgotten elements of the Civil Rights Movement is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s efforts to get President John F. Kennedy to write a “Second Emancipation Proclamation.” Read more about King’s Forgotten Manifesto (New York Times, May 16, 2012), in which he argues for an executive order that would ban segragation in the same way the Emancipation Procalmation outlawed slavery. Take part in an engaging discussion between professor and authors David Blight and Khalil Gibran Muhammad as they discuss this fascinating history in celebration of MLK’s birthday.

Buy tickets/get more info now