MLK Day Concert – Voting with Purpose and Without Fear

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 19, 2025 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.

Brother Dennis and Friends will perform some of the songs that uplifted thousands as they participated in the Meredith March Against Fear in June 1966.

The March on Mississippi, was one of the pivotal moments of the civil rights movement and Mississippi native Dr. Edgar E. Smith, MD was an eyewitness. Dr. Smith was also the chairman of the Lexington Civil Rights Committee in the late 1960s. Under his leadership, the Lexington Civil Rights Committee provided material and financial support to Fannie Lou Hamer's work in Mississippi.

Tickets - $25 general admission

Proceeds support the ABCL Scholarship Fund.

This concert is ABCL's 2025 Black History Portrait Banners Concert.

Host or Publisher ABCL - Association of Black Citizens of Lexington