Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: King Day Speaker

	Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration 2012

Living King's Legacy: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

2012 King Day Speaker

The Meeting–a play by Jeff Stetson

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: "We both deal with power, Malcolm. We just do it differently."

From The Meeting by Jeff Stetson

Actors in the play The Meeting

Actors from The Meeting, November 2011

Jeff Stetson's The Meeting portrays an imagined conversation between Dr. King and Malcolm X one week before the assassination of Malcolm in February of 1965. Indiana University invites all students, faculty, staff, and Bloomington community members to engage in the viewing of this moving performance.

Sunday, January 15, 2012, at 4:00 p.m.
IMU Whittenberger Auditorium
Cost: Free
Reception to follow in the University Club

Brief Actor Bios
(summarized from the APB Web site)

Wesley Lawrence Taylor [Malcolm X]
Born and bred in Boston, he is a graduate of the New Theatre Conservatory and has studied voice at the Linklate Studio. Some of his favorite roles have been: "Hoke" in Driving Miss Daisy with Wharf Rat Productions; "Peter" in Zoo Story with New Theatre Conservatory; "Crooks" in Of Mice and Men with Stanley B. Theater Company; and "Mook" in Native Speech with Molasses Tank Production.

Jeff Robinson [Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.]
A St. Louis, Missouri native and award-winning saxophonist, composer, radio DJ, actor, director, playwright, and poet, Robinson is a music composition alum of Berklee College of Music.

Michael Nurse [Rashad]
A native of London, he performed theatrically in high school and later attended Emerson College where he appeared in such shows as A Day of Absence, A Streetcar Named Desire,Othello, and The Lady's Not for Burning.

Download the script for THE MEETING

Download a review of THE MEETING by John G. Whitacre, January 18, 2010

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Debate

Malcolm X Supports Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X speaks in support of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the voter-registration campaign at Selma, Alabama, February 4, 1965 (begins at 00:44). The footage is from NBC News and the report is dated Feb. 13, 1965, by the video supplier.

Martin Luther King Reacts to the Assassination of Malcolm X

MLK on Civil Rights and Peace
Rare excerpts from "The Frank McGee Sunday Report: Martin Luther King"

Revised: November 23, 2011