In the last 62 years, positive change has certainly come.
But even now, January 20, 2025, the work of Martin Luther King Jr. remains unfinished.
This was the message of Monday morning’s program at Hopkinsville Community College’s Lecture Hall, in which many gathered to hear the channeled words of America’s most prominent former civil rights activist around one concept: “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365.”
Stephan Lovan Jr., a student at Christian County High School, brought forth stirring segments from King’s prominent “I Have a Dream Speech,” which on the surface still feels prescient — despite being penned August 28, 1963.
Heavily decorated within the Christian County Public School system for more than two decades, Nicole Poindexter served as keynote speaker…and asked for “dreamers, dreamers of the future” to envision a life without obstacles.
Made possible, she said, through the removal of barriers around race, religion, gender and/or socioeconomic status, and the sometimes prejudice and discrimination associated with them.
Her daughter, Jada, offered forth her poem “A Legacy of Change,” a rhyming call to action for those with open ears, and open hearts.
Aniyah Lewis, from Lipstick After Dark, and Chase Bigbee, from Men2Be, respectively brought the invocation and benediction.
Youngsters Taylor Butler-Gilmore and Malaya Wesley performed a well-rehearsed, choreographed interpretive dance, and it was Christian County Middle School once again earning the Tom Bell State Farm Insurance School Challenge Trophy — complete with bragging rights, a one-year hold on the traveling cup, and a $250 check made out to its family resource youth service center.
The Hopkinsville-Christian County Human Rights Commission Black History Trivia Night is scheduled for 6 PM Thursday, February 20, at Davo’s. It will be completely free to play, family friendly, and the top three teams will receive gift card prizes.
A Women’s History Month Celebration is also scheduled for Thursday, March 20, and the HRC is currently accepting scholarship applications, as well as “Woman of the Year” nomination forms.
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