Martin Luther King Plaza Dedication Ceremony

April 4 of this year will mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor the achievements and contributions of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King (Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Nobel Peace Prize, etc.) the City of Palo Alto is naming Civic Center Plaza in honor of the Kings.

Please join us for the dedication of King Plaza in Palo Alto on MLK Day -- Monday, January 21 at 2 pm in front of City Hall. And please help spread the word via email lists, congregational bulletins, school newsletters, etc.

King Plaza Dedication Ceremony
Monday, January 21, 2pm
250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto

Musical performances by:

• The Stanford Gospel Choir
• Eastside Preparatory High School Choir

Speakers:

• Mayor Larry Klein
• Former Councilmember Roy Clay (first person of color on the PA Council)
• Reverend Robert Olmstead (marched with MLK in Selma)
• Clarence Jones (former attorney and speechwriter for MLK)
• Former Councilmember LaDoris Cordell
• Vice Mayor Peter Drekmeier

“Somewhere we must come to see that social progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals; and without this hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time. We must realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Delivered April 14, 1967, at Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University