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MLK Day Concert – Routes to Freedom: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement

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Jan 15

MLK Day Concert – Routes to Freedom: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Be moved to build a better tomorrow by the songs of the civil rights movement which fueled the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By ABCL - Association of Black Citizens of Lexington

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Sun, January 15, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST

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Follen Church 755 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, MA 02420

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Brother Dennis and Friends and the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington come together to celebrate and honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 2pm at Follen Community Church.

The tribute to Dr. King and the civil rights movement will feature spirituals and freedom songs performed by a choir led by Dennis L. Slaughter, EdM, DLP. Borther Dennis is founding director of the Boston Community Choir and artistic director of the Boston Pops Orchestra Gospel Choir.

Lexington High School senior Nalah Kasongo is the featured soloist.

Your guide through the Routes to Freedom will be Aniece Ragland Kerr, Lexington resident, Anniston, Alabama native, and eye witness to the Civil Rights Movement.

Tickets - $25 general admission

Proceeds support the ABCL Scholarship Fund.

This concert is part of ABCL's Black History Portrait Banners Concert Series.

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