Keeping the Promise: An MLK Celebration

The Town of Brookline will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with "Keeping the Promise," a special event on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 at 3 p.m. at the , 290 Harvard Street, Brookline.  The celebration will be free and open to the public.

Award-winning author Peniel E. Joseph will deliver the keynote address. The event will also feature performances by PALS Children's Chorus, The Winiker Band and the Brookline High School Jazz Band, as well as readings by students from the Steps to Success program. Brookline High School faculty member Malcolm Cawthorne will serve as Master of Ceremonies.

Peniel E. Joseph is a Professor of History at Tufts University and the author of the award-winning "Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America" and "Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama," as well as editor of "The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era" and "Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level." He is a frequent national commentator on issues of race, democracy and civil rights. Dr. Joseph is the recipient of fellowships from Harvard University's Charles Warren Center, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Ford Foundation.