A man in black pants, white collared shirt, and a black tie stands in front of a mural. The mural has many diagonal slices of graphics about MLK Jr.

POSTED January 17, 2019

Dancing in Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Vernard J. Gilmore performs an excerpt of Hope Boykin’s r-Evolution, Dream. in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

r-Evolution, Dream. was inspired by the speeches and sermons of Dr. King, which Boykin listened to during a visit to the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, GA. The video also features original music by Eli Jackson with narration by Leslie Odom, Jr.

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