A DREAM ALMOST COME TRUE TRIBUTE PAID TO A KING.Byline: BRAD GREENBERG Brad Greenberg is the head men's basketball coach at Radford University. Head Coaching Record Season Team Overall Radford (Big South Conference) (2007 — ) 2007–2008 Radford 0-0 0-0 Radford: 0-0 0-0 Total: Staff Writer Lauren Roper, who is black and turns 9 today, took her birthday party to the California African American Museum The California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, USA. History The museum opened in 1981, in temporary quarters at the California Museum of Science and Industry (now the California Science Center). on Sunday to celebrate the birthday of another African-American -- Martin Luther King Jr. ``He was a great leader,'' Lauren said. ``And his death was very tragic. But I think he died in peace knowing his dream would come true.'' That dream -- ``that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character'' -- has not fully been achieved. But it was evident at the museum in Exposition Park Exposition Park is the name of more than one place:
``What Martin Luther King stood for ... was that dream,'' said Charmaine Jefferson, the museum's executive director. ``So today at the California African American Museum, we are the world.'' The daylong event was part of the museum's monthly Target Sundays series, which is sponsored by Target and designed to share African-American stories, art and history with the community. In addition to the exhibits on Rwanda's orphans, a photographic history of South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. and a gallery of African-American art, the King event included a multicultural drum circle drum circle, n a spiritual, communal, or therapeutic music experience in which participants join together in a circle with drums, move, dance using various percussion instruments, voices, and other devices. , a performance by the Jung Im Lee Korean Dance Korean dance is a type of dance, historically derived in Korea. This article looks at the history of Korean dance, from shamanistic early rituals three thousand years ago, through folk dance to contemporary dance, as well as newer trends like Korean versions of Russian classical Academy and singing by Yale University's a cappella a cap·pel·la adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. group Shades. After walking through the Rwanda exhibit, Shelly Ehrke of Hermosa Beach said that if people don't hear King's message and learn the lessons of the civil rights movement, they would continue to allow injustices to occur in places like Rwanda and Sudan. ``An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,'' Renee Semik, 31, of Hermosa Beach chimed in. King's legacy was present in the cross-section of people drawn to the museum. ``A family like ours would not be here if it wasn't for (his) work,'' said Trisha De Souza, 28, of Lakewood. She is white, her husband Latino. Their 13-year-old foster daughter, Gillian, is white and their two boys -- Aberel, 7, and Maurice, 10 -- are both black and were adopted. brad.greenberg(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3634 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated at the California African American Museum in Exposition Park Sunday. The program, titled ``One Dream, a World of People,'' included speakers, a drum circle, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. vendors and a dance performance. (2) Laura Cabrera, left, and Nancy Lopez both of Los Angeles, listen to a recording of a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at the California African American Museum. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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