Festivities in Honor of King Begin
Two weeks of festivities in memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began Friday at Bradley Court of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall.
Under the theme “We Still Have a Dream,” King Week ’98 will run through Jan. 25 and feature benefit dinners, religious services and award ceremonies in remembrance of the slain civil rights leader.
“It has been that theme every year,” said Genethia Hudley Hayes, executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which sponsors the festival. “We can’t lose this dream.”
King helped found the leadership council and served as its first president.
The festival calendar includes:
TONIGHT
* Gospel Fest Celebration to benefit the Rosa Parks Sexual Assault and Crisis Center, 7 p.m., St. Brigid Catholic Church, 5214 S. Western Ave.
WEDNESDAY
* Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, 8 a.m., Holman United Methodist Church, 3320 W. Adams Blvd.
JAN. 17
* Sixth annual King Celebration and Watts Community Image Awards honoring LAPD Chief Bernard C. Parks, 5 p.m., Grant AME Church, 10435 S. Central Ave.
JAN. 18
* 13th annual Commemorative Concert with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Chorus, Delta Choraliers and 1998 Pan-Hellenic Chorus, 4 p.m., USC’s Bovard Auditorium.
JAN. 19
* Inter-Alumni Council of Los Angeles breakfast, 8 a.m., Proud Bird Restaurant, 11022 Aviation Blvd.
* Holiday Observance Interfaith Celebration, 9 a.m. to noon, Santa Monica Community College Pavilion, 1900 Pico Blvd., with keynote speech by Joe Hicks, executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission.
* Reception and Recognition Program sponsored by the Black Patriots Foundation, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd.
* King Birthday Dinner Celebration, 6:30 p.m., Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa St.
JAN. 24
* Art and Essay Contest Awards Ceremony, 1:30 p.m., Department of Water and Power, 111 N. Hope St.
JAN. 25
* Youth Empowerment Project, 3 p.m. Location to be announced.
Researched by Times staff writer THOMAS SCHULTZ