Celebrate the legacy of Dr. King at the Lewis Museum!

• Stop by A Ride To Remember Story Hour and Mural Art Project to explore the story of the  desegregation of a local amusement park and carousel with authors Sharon Langley, the first African American child to integrate the park and Amy Nathan.  Participate in telling your own personal memories fighing social injustices at A Ride to Remember Oral History Video booth.  Books can be purchased in the Museum Shop.
• Join Dr. Traci Parker, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as she discusses Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement.  A book signing will follow.
• Enjoy an Urban Theatrical Presentation and Talkback session of the Voices of Carmen, examining escalating conflicts among young people
• Step back in time to 1968 with an MLK Virtual Reality Experience. With virtual goggle headgear, visitors will join the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike at the height of the Civil Rights Movement and visit the Lorraine Motel leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Meet and take photos with MLK Cosplay Superheroes in the Empowered! Black Action Figures Exhibition Gallery while celebrating Civil Rights Superhero Dr. King.
• Prepare to be wowed by selections by Baltimore City College Choir.
• View the Annual High School Juried Art Exhibition.
• View a film screening of King in the Wilderness.

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Schedule:

11 A.M.                                 Annual High School Juried Art Exhibition Ceremony
11 A.M. – 2 P.M.                  Empowered Exhibit: MLK Cosplay Superheroes
11 A.M. – 3 P.M.                  A Ride To Remember Art Mural Project
11 A.M. – 3 P.M.                  Oral History Video Booth
11 A.M. – 4 P.M.                  MLK Virtual Reality Experience
11A.M. – 4 P.M.                   Objects Revealed: Gwynn Oaks Amusement Park
11 A.M & 1:30 P.M.              Film: King in the Wilderness
12:15 P.M.                            Performance: Baltimore City College Choir
1 P.M                                    Department Stores and the  Black Freedom Movement
1 P.M, 2 P.M., 3 P.M.           Fight for Justice Civil Right Tours                                     2:30 P.M.                             Performance and Talkback: Voices of Carmen