Genre: Conversation
Education, Past Event
In Collaboration with March on Washington Film Festival
WNYC and the Apollo Theater presented the 15th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “MLK and the Fierce Urgency of Now,” as part of the Apollo’s Uptown Hall series, on Monday, January 18 at 3pm.
This year’s digital version of the MLK Apollo Uptown Hall will unpack the implications of the 2020 US Presidential Election through the prisms of civil rights and modern day social justice movements. Join WNYC’s co-hosts Brian Lehrer, Jami Floyd and The Takeaway’s Tanzina Vega as we present in-depth interviews and narrative exploration with political leaders, authors, artists, and activists, to examine Dr. Martin Luther King’s civil rights philosophy, tactics, challenges and triumphs within the lens of today’s social and political climate.
Congressman James E. Clyburn
Congressman James E. Clyburn
Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
Reverend Dr. William Barber, II
Reverend Dr. William Barber, II
President of Repairers of the Breach and Co-Chair of The Poor People’s Campaign
Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr.
Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr.
Civil Rights activist and Co-Founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and creator of The New York Times’ 1619 Project
Letitia James
Letitia James
Attorney General for the State of New York
Dr. Uche Blackstock
Dr. Uche Blackstock
Yahoo! News Medical Contributor and Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity
Dr. Jeff Gardere
Dr. Jeff Gardere
Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Queen Afua
Queen Afua
Five-time best-selling author and CEO of the Queen Afua Wellness Center
Leslé Honoré
Leslé Honoré
Blaxican artist and activist, who will read from her book of poems Fist & Fire