Not Just Another Day Off (2019)

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Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech at the March on Washington. Library of Congress.

On January 21, 2019 at 10:00am, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, with award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson, celebrated the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with poetry and historical speeches from Dr. King, Gandhi, Mary McLeod Bethune and more. The event took place in the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre. Nelson's books include The Homeplace and a crown of sonnets called A Wreath for Emmett Till. This event was co-sponsored by the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University.