January 9, 2006	Volume 5, Number 1

Martin Luther King ceremonies on WPR, WPT

Wisconsin's 26th annual tribute honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will be broadcast live on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio at noon on Monday, January 16, from the Capitol Rotunda in Madison. An edited version of the event also will be broadcast on Wisconsin Public Television at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The event will be produced and hosted by Jonathan Overby, and will feature guest speaker Tony Brown of the PBS series Tony Brown's Journal. Other guests will include Attorney Fred Gray who represented both Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Era; Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle; State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster; nationally acclaimed jazz saxophonist and recording artist Kirk Whalum; music from Highway To Heaven; the Lighthouse Singers; and the UW-Madison Gospel Choir. During the ceremony, a Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to James Cameron, founder of America's Black Holocaust Museum.

Last updated on 1/9/2006