The Martin Luther King, Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee exists to raise consciousness about injustice and promote human equality, peace, and social justice by creating educational and cultural opportunities for growth, empowerment, and social change so that every person may experience the bounty of life’s abundant possibilities.

2008-2009 Realing the Dream Events

Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. Cornell West, renowned public intellectual, author and the Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton University
Friday, Oct. 16, 2008
7 p.m., Morgan Auditorium, UA Campus

SCLC & Realizing the Dream Legacy Banquet
Awards to be presented
Friday, Jan. 16, 2009
6:30 p.m., Hotel Capstone, UA Campus

20th Annual Realizing the Dream Concert
Guest Speaker: Dr. Clayborne Carson, Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
Seven choirs: Prentice Concert Chorale, Shelton Singers, Stillman College Choir, University Singers, Tuscaloosa Citywide Middle School Honor Choir, UA Afro-American Gospel Choir, University Chorus
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009
7:30 p.m., Concert Hall of Moody Music Building
Tickets: $15; Call 348-7111 for more information.

Performing Arts Presentation
“God’s Trombones”
Poetry by James Weldon Johnson
Music by Roy Ringwald
Performed by the Shelton Singers
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009
7:30 p.m., Bean Brown Theatre, Shelton State Martin Campus