The 2013 MLK, Jr., Symposium features Ambassador Andrew Young, a pastor, activist, politician, diplomat, and personal friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. THE DALLAS INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
A Time to Come Together

2. THE DALLAS INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURE PRESENTS
The Role of the African American Church
in the Civil Rights Movement
J ANUARY 21, 2013
“With this faith, we shall go out
and adjourn the councils of
despair. And we will be able to
rise, from the fatigue of despair
to the buoyancy of hope. We
shall overcome.”
̶ Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. The Eighth Annual MLK, Jr., Symposium:
The Role of the African American Church
in the Civil Rights Movement
January 21, 2013
Featuring Keynote Speaker:
Ambassador Andrew Young
Pastor
Activist
Politician
Diplomat

4. The Eighth Annual MLK, Jr., Symposium:
January 21, 2013
The Role of the African American Church
in the Civil Rights Movement
with
Rev. Dr. Zan Holmes
and
Dr. Keri Day

5. The Eighth Annual MLK, Jr., Symposium:
January 21, 2013
“Our faith made our
burdens
light, because we
never carried them
alone.”
‒Ambassador Andrew Young,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Amb. Andrew Young march along An Easy Burden
State Street during the Chicago Freedom Movement, 1966.

6. The Eighth Annual MLK, Jr., Symposium:
2013 MLK, JR., Symposium:
THE ROLE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH IN THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
“We changed the entire
South and much of the
world without killing
anybody, and the
message was one of
non-violence.”
‒Ambassador Andrew Young
Amb. Andrew Young and Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., at a press conference, 1967.

7. “The truly religious moments in
our Civil Rights movement didn't
make any intellectual sense.
Nobody in their right mind would
do some of the things that we
did, but we did it because we
were caught up in a spirit.”
‒ Ambassador Andrew Young

8. “My faith and spirituality
made me sensitive
toward others. It helps
me see all of us as
God’s children, as I
learned during the civil
rights movement.”
̶ Ambassdaor Andrew Young,
Walk in My Shoes

9. “[Birmingham] was the last place I think I
wanted to go with Martin Luther King in
1963, but it was the place we had to go.”
‒ Ambassador Andrew Young

10. Religious leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (kneeling) and
Andrew Young (standing right), lead marchers in singing and
praying, Chicago, Aug. 6, 1966.

11. Hours after King’s death, silent members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference gather in
King's room, including Amb. Andrew Young (far left), at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, April 4, 1968.

12. “In the profoundest of terms, my work with Martin gave my life a purpose and
sustenance I could have hardly dreamed of…He left his mark on me, both in
indelible memories and in spiritual and practical lessons of our trials and triumphs.”
̶ Ambassador Andrew Young, An Easy Burden

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“His death was not
the end, and his
words and his spirit
have moved all
across the earth.”
‒ Ambassador Andrew Young
President Reagan signing Martin Luther King Day into
legislation, November 2, 1983.

14. THE DALLAS INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
2013 MLK, JR., Symposium:
THE ROLE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
CHURCH IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
M o n d a y, J a n u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 1 3 • 7 - 8 : 4 5 P M
Dallas City Performance Hall
General Admission: $20
Teachers & Students: $10
VIP Seating: $65
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