Events celebrate civil rights leader.Byline: The Register-Guard Here's the lineup for Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in the Eugene and Springfield area: SPRINGFIELD Martin Luther King celebration: Springfield's fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. contest and celebration will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at the DoubleTree Hotel, 3280 Gateway St. The free event will recognize student entries for essays, poems and art, and the keynote speaker is Bahati Ansari, founder of the Racism Free Zone project. Other participating groups include Grace Memorial Choir, Bishop N.A. Bolden, Brattain Elementary School elementary school: see school. Children's Choir and the Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
For more information, call Elaine Hayes at 485-1755. EUGENE Martin Luther King March: KLCC KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Centre (Malaysia) on-air host Alan Siporin will be the keynote speaker at today's Martin Luther King Jr. Day March, sponsored by the Eugene-Springfield branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and segregation. . The march will begin at 9 a.m. at Martin Luther King Park at West 10th Avenue and Grant Street and conclude at the Eugene Police and Fire Training Center at West Second Avenue and Chambers Street. Siporin will be part of a formal program from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. For more information, call the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. at 431-1119. Martin Luther King Day Celebration: Oregon Secretary of State The Secretary of State of Oregon, an elected constitutional officer within the executive branch of government, is first in line of succession to the Governor. The duties of office are: auditor of public accounts, chief elections officer, and administrator of public records. Bill Bradbury will be the keynote speaker for Eugene's annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration at the Hult Center today. The free event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Silva Theatre. Bradbury's theme will be "The Courage to Pursue Peace." Sponsors include the Eugene Human Rights Commission and the Black Student Union of Lane Community College. For more information, call Tina Napier at 685-1587 or Gloria Zabala at 345-9036. |
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