CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
All events will be held at the Ellis Fine Arts Center
(2108 S. Horton St., Fort Scott, KS)

Thursday, January 15th – Celebrating Martin Luther King’s Birthday

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. – (Lunch & Learn) – Tribute Reading Event: – A Tribute Reading of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
“Letter from the Birmingham Jail” Presented by Fort Scott Community College & Pittsburg State University Students.
• Tomato soup, dessert, drinks and birthday cake will be available for free. (Attendees may also bring their own lunch).
• Photo Promotion taken with “I Stand For” signs by Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes. FREE.

Monday, January 19th – Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration Event

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – (Food Drive) “Day of Service” – Join us as we will collect canned and non-perishable food items to
donate to the Beacon in Fort Scott, KS. Anyone in the community is invited to drop off canned and non-perishable food.

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Showing of the PBS home video documentary “In Remembrance of Martin”. In the FSCC
Ellis Fine Arts Center/Auditorium. FREE.

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. – (Lunch & Learn) – “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In“ Presented by Dr. Prisca Barnes is the founder of
Storytime Village, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Wichita that promotes reading among low-income children and
families. Seeking racial equity and an end to segregation, Wichita’s Black students organized and staged a sit-in in 1958
at Wichita’s Dockum Drugstore. Long denied entry into the city’s movie theaters and restaurants, students exercised their
right to peacefully protest over a three-week period at the popular lunch counter. What transpired, how it ended, and the
lasting impact it had on race relations in the city is the focus of this talk. More broadly, the talk will explore how these
types of protests transformed the struggle for racial equity in America.
• Gumbo soup lunch, drinks, and dessert will be available for free (attendees may also bring their own lunch).
• Photo promotion taken with “I Stand For” signs” provided by the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes. FREE.