Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Screening: “Selma”
10:00am

This unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava Du Vernay’s “Selma” tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. Rated PG-13, 128 minutes

Screening: “The Open Mind:” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1957)
2pm

Join us for a screening of an episode featuring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. interviewed by the late Richard Heffner, host of Channel Thirteen’s long running television program, “The Open Mind.” This will be hosted by Alexander with a Q&A to follow.

Discussion: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
9pm

PBS’s Alexander Heffner, will discuss Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through the lens of his grandfather’s 1957 interview on “The Open Mind,” and consider the future of civil discourse.

Alexander Heffner

Alexander Heffner is host of “The Open Mind” on PBS, a weekly excursion into the world of ideas, across science, technology, politics, the arts and all realms of civic life. His work has been profiled by Variety, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and New Hampshire Magazine and on CNN, C-SPAN, NY1, HuffPost Live and BBC, among other media outlets. His essays, reviews and op-eds have appeared in Reuters, RealClearPolitics, Fortune, The New York Times, Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and The Root, among other publications (www.alexanderheffner.com).