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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
FOUNDER<br />
Former Southfield Councilwoman Barbara E. Talley<br />
CHARTER MEMBERS<br />
Lecester Allen ............................................................................................................ Anne Harp*<br />
Dr. William Anderson ........................................................................................... Rev. Bert Heise<br />
Nancy Austin .................................................................................................... Vernon Merritt, III<br />
Pearl Battle* ............................................................................................................ Beulah Miles<br />
Barbara Brown* .................................................................................................. Cynthia Overton<br />
Gerald Cardwell ........................................................................................................ Fred Owens<br />
Eric Coleman .......................................................................................... Rev. David L. Roberson<br />
Irma B. Cooper* ............................................................................................ Ron Robinson, Esq.<br />
Judge Stephen C. Cooper ................................................................................. Dr. Kenson Siver<br />
Pat Cunningham .................................................................................................... Susan Slater<br />
Pattie Dexter ..................................................................................................... Barbara E. Talley<br />
Olivia Dyson ............................................................................................... Rev. Kenneth Whyte<br />
Ruth Fields* ......................................................................................................... Karen Widman<br />
Councilwoman Vickie Goldbaum* .................................................................. Robert Willis, Esq.<br />
Councilwoman Suzanne Goldstein ......................................................................... JoAnn Wright<br />
Lamar Gray .......................................................................................... Tammie Wright Williams<br />
CHAIRPERSONS AND PRESIDENTS<br />
1986 ......................................................................................... Councilwoman Barbara E. Talley<br />
Rev. Mark Jenson<br />
1987–1988 ............................................................................... Councilwoman Barbara E. Talley<br />
Florence LaPonsa*<br />
1989-1990 ................................................................................................................. Anne Harp*<br />
Rabbi David Nelson<br />
1991 ........................................................................................................................ Karen Shelly<br />
Mel France*<br />
1992 ........................................................................................................ Judge Stephen Cooper<br />
Rev. David L. Roberson<br />
1993-1995 .............................................................................................. Rev. David L. Roberson<br />
Dr. Kenson Siver<br />
1996-1999 ........................................................................................................ V. Gail Simpson<br />
2000-2001 ........................................................................................................... Patricia Haynie<br />
2002-2003 ............................................................................................................ Carol Thomas<br />
2004-2005 ............................................................................................................... Felix Seldon<br />
2005-2007 ................................................................................................................... Ann Dillon<br />
2008-2009 ............................................................................................... Barbara Purifoy Seldon<br />
2010-2011 ...................................................................................................... Roger Goolsby, Sr<br />
2011-2013 ............................................................................................... Barbara Purifoy Seldon<br />
2013-2015 ................................................................................................. Dorothy J. Dean, Esq.<br />
2015-2018 ............................................................................................................ Patricia Haynie<br />
2019-2020 ..................................................................................................... Roger Goolsby, Sr.<br />
2020-Present ................................................................................................ Tracey Payne-Tellis<br />
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*Deceased
Opening Ceremony “Driving for<br />
Justice” Parade and Virtual Walk<br />
Committee/<strong>MLK</strong> <strong>Day</strong> of Service<br />
Food Giveaway<br />
Dorothy Dean, Chair<br />
Rosemerry Allen, Co-Chair<br />
Tracey Payne-Tellis, Ex-Officio<br />
Mayor Mykale Garrett<br />
Faira Glenn<br />
Justin Beck-Director, Homeland<br />
Security/SPD<br />
Lt. Matthew Taylor<br />
Southfield Police Department<br />
Mayor Ken Siver<br />
Dan Brightwell<br />
Ida Cunningham<br />
Barbara Seldon<br />
Michael Manion<br />
Erin Moore<br />
Information Technology/Logistics<br />
Joann Wright<br />
Church / Synagogue Liaison<br />
Hon. Shelia Johnson<br />
Grants/Sponsorship Committee<br />
Chair - Barbara Talley<br />
Co-Chair: Barbara Seldon<br />
Tracey Payne-Tellis<br />
Rosemerry Allen<br />
Program<br />
Chair: Faira Glenn<br />
Co-chair: Tracey Payne-Tellis<br />
Jim Scott<br />
Lisa Hawkins<br />
Jay Reid<br />
AGB Designs<br />
Dedra Hobbs<br />
Youth Peacemakers &<br />
Community Service<br />
Sherita Watson<br />
Erica Perryman<br />
Irene Green<br />
Jay Reid<br />
Community Service Adult Award<br />
Chair-Dorothy Dean, Esq<br />
Barbara Seldon<br />
Felix Seldon<br />
Publicity & Public Relations<br />
Chair -Michael Manion<br />
Lisa Hawkins<br />
Dedra Hobbs<br />
By-laws<br />
Chair - Kyle Van Lopes<br />
Ida Cunningham<br />
Myron Frasier<br />
Patricia Haynie<br />
Sherita Watson<br />
Certificates and Buttons<br />
Chair - Roger Goolsby<br />
City Liaison<br />
Co-Chair: Mayor Ken Siver<br />
Chair Daniel Brightwell<br />
John Michrina<br />
Hon. Kelly Garret: Lathrup Village<br />
Membership<br />
Kyle Van Lopes<br />
Derrick Hale<br />
Sherita Watson<br />
Roger Goolsby<br />
Jay Reid<br />
Lashawna Morman<br />
Erica Perryman<br />
Education<br />
Sherita Watson<br />
Kyle Van Lopes<br />
Erica Perryman<br />
Irene Green<br />
Ashley Durfied<br />
Ida Cunningham<br />
International Relations & Program<br />
Committee & Cultural Programs<br />
Chair Barbara Talley<br />
Co-chair -Barbara Seldon<br />
Dorothy Dean, Esq.<br />
Jay Reid<br />
Dr. Talia Weltman-Cineros<br />
Patricia Ann Talley<br />
Rosemerry Allen<br />
Candelaria Donaji Mendez Tello<br />
Technology<br />
Sherita Watson<br />
Faira Glenn<br />
Budget/Finance<br />
Hon. Daniel Brightwell<br />
Barbara Seldon<br />
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Non-profit<br />
John Michrina<br />
School Liaison<br />
Hon. Daniel Brightwell<br />
<strong>Souvenir</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />
Layout-Aleta Brown ~ AGB Designs<br />
Editor-Michael Manion<br />
Lisa Hawkins<br />
Choreography<br />
Jim Scott<br />
Historian/Archivist<br />
Chair-Barbara Talley<br />
Co-Chair JoAnn Wright<br />
Roger Goolsby<br />
Executive Board<br />
President - Tracey Payne-Tellis<br />
First Vice President -Faira Glenn<br />
Second Vice President - Sherita Watson<br />
Treasurer - Daniel Brightwell<br />
Financial Secretary - Barbara Seldon<br />
Recording Sectary - John Michrina<br />
Corresponding Secretary - Dedra Hobbs<br />
Youth Peacemaker - Jay Reid<br />
Past President - Roger Goolsby
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />
1929 - 1968<br />
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was the son of a wellknown<br />
and influential Baptist Minster. He was a brilliant student throughout his entire academic career. After<br />
graduating from high school at the age of 15, he was awarded an A.B. degree from Morehouse College in<br />
1948 and a B.D. degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1951, where he was<br />
also the Valedictorian of his class. In addition he was granted a Fellowship for graduate study and in 1955 a<br />
Ph.D. degree was bestowed upon him. During his academic life he also took philosophy courses at the<br />
University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University.<br />
While studying in Boston in 1953, Dr. King met and later married Coretta Scott. Miss Scott was a beautiful,<br />
intelligent young lady who was a highly gifted musician and had received a scholarship to the New England<br />
Conservatory of Music. Mrs. King sacrificed a very promising career as a concert singer to devote her time<br />
and energies to raising the four King children and to rendering invaluable assistance and wise counsel to her<br />
husband.<br />
Dr. King first achieved national fame for his activities in the Civil Rights movement by leading a bus<br />
boycott in Montgomery, Alabama for one whole year. This boycott was concluded only when the U.S.<br />
Supreme Court made illegal the Alabama law which called for segregated seating on buses. Dr. King then<br />
helped form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and became its first President. Through the<br />
influence of Dr. King this organization, which is devoted to establishing civil rights for blacks and to<br />
opposing segregation, consistently refused to use violent means to promote its goals. This was the case even<br />
though Dr. King and other members of the Conference were often attacked physically by their opponents.<br />
In 1963 Dr. King led 250,000 Americans, both black and white, in a March to Washington, D.C. There, at the<br />
Lincoln Monument, he gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech in which he set forth his ideals of<br />
complete equality for all people of every race, color, and creed in accordance with the dictates of the<br />
Declaration of Independence.<br />
In 1964 Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the youngest person ever to receive this prize<br />
and the third Negro to win it. In his acceptance speech Dr. King again expressed the need to refrain from<br />
violence in the process of establishing freedom and justice for all people.<br />
In 1964 Dr. King led a March to Selma, Alabama to improve voting rights for blacks. This action ultimately<br />
resulted in Congress passing the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which removed all tests designed to prevent<br />
Negroes from voting in elections anywhere in the country.<br />
Dr. King also spoke out strongly against involvement of the United States in Vietnam. In a speech in New<br />
York in 1967 he expressed the thought that our country was morally wrong in spending more money for<br />
military purposes than for social welfare.<br />
In 1968 Dr. King went to Memphis, Tennessee to lead a march to help the garbage men of that city. At that<br />
time he was also planning a Poor People’s Crusade to focus attention to the sufferings of the poor people in<br />
the United States. There, in Memphis on April 4, 1968, he was assassinated only a few hours after his very<br />
prophetic and dramatic speech in which he forecasted the establishment of full equality for his people even<br />
though he might not be alive at the time to see it.<br />
Dr. King’s life serves as a symbol of his appeal to the morals and to the conscience of all human beings. In a<br />
period of time marked by much unrest and strife he advocated that freedom and equality for all people and the<br />
brotherhood of man must be achieved by peaceful means alone. In this way he has made himself an<br />
outstanding citizen of America and of the world.<br />
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. TASK FORCE, INC.<br />
• HISTORY •<br />
1985-1986 - The first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Walk in Southfield, Michigan was January 20,<br />
1986 commemorating the first observance of the national holiday of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther<br />
King, Jr. In 1985 City Councilwoman Barbara Talley called residents together to form a committee and<br />
plan an activity for the occasion. Thus was born the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Taskforce.<br />
Plans were put into place to observe the holiday with a Peace Walk for one mile down Civic Center<br />
Drive from North Congregational Church (now Hope United Methodist Church), culminating with a<br />
program at the Southfield Pavilion. The walk and the program paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />
It recognized the ongoing struggle for peace, human rights, dignity, and brotherhood among all people<br />
of the world and communities, and symbolized the ideals which Dr. King espoused: unity and harmony<br />
between individuals of all races, nationalities and creeds. Awards were given for student essay winners<br />
and later for community service. Councilwoman Barbara Talley and Rev. Mark Jensen of North<br />
Congregational Church were the first chairpersons of the Peace Walk which drew more than 1,000<br />
persons. Peace Statements were signed by more than 400 walkers and sent to United States and<br />
Russia leaders. The Peace Walks continued to grow each year.<br />
1991 - The City of Southfield granted a temporary renaming of a portion of Civic Center Drive for Dr.<br />
King, Jr.<br />
1992 - The City of Southfield provided funds for 28 banners that were, and continue to be placed<br />
around the civic center complex during the celebration and the month of February. The banners were<br />
designed by members of the Task Force.<br />
1993-2001 - The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force gained its tax exempt status and continued its<br />
emphasis on commemorating the national holiday and increasing the participation of walkers,<br />
speakers, school and community choirs, and dramas. Non-profit organizations manned displayed<br />
tables and solicited volunteers.<br />
2002 – As an outreach, a Speaker’s Bureau was formed. <strong>MLK</strong> Community Service Award recipients<br />
continue to go into area schools as positive role models and speak to students about various attributes<br />
and life experiences that make for future success. Emphasis is placed on qualities necessary for the<br />
achievement of excellence in academics.<br />
2003 - The <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force broadened its focus and kicked off its King Non-Violence and<br />
Peacemaking Educational Programs for middle and high school students in Southfield and the<br />
surrounding areas of Farmington Hills, Livonia, Detroit, and Bloomfield Hills, utilizing King trained<br />
volunteers. The training of volunteers and conducting workshops continue be an ongoing, year-round<br />
program. To enhance “The Dream,” the <strong>MLK</strong> Youth Peacemakers component was formed for young<br />
people to take an active role in carrying out the legacy of Dr. King. Through a multifaceted approach,<br />
the Youth Peacemakers promote student involvement and leadership in the community throughout the<br />
year.<br />
2004 – To help youth pursue academic dreams, a Scholarship program was established, and each<br />
year eligible students are awarded scholarships. The Scholarship program was later broadened to<br />
include Civil Rights tours.<br />
2007 - Recognizing that the City of Southfield draws strength from its rich diversity, there began more<br />
outreach to people of all races, creeds, colors, national origins to become integrated into the Peace<br />
Walk and programs. A Taste Fest became part of the annual program. Each year the numbers of<br />
walkers and program attendees continued to grow to more than 2,000.<br />
2009 – The Youth Service Award was initiated to recognize youth and their community volunteer work<br />
and fold the recipients into the Youth Peacemakers program.<br />
2011 - The Task Force hosted a delegation from Ixtapa Zihuantanejo, Guerrero, México to learn more<br />
about African-American culture in the United States, particularly in Michigan. <strong>MLK</strong> representatives<br />
participated in the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, México Annual Peace Walk and<br />
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were presented with a Peace Award for the organization’s peace efforts and international<br />
collaboration.<br />
2012 - The traveling exhibit “Pathways to Freedom In The Americas: Shared Experiences Between<br />
Michigan, USA and Guerrero, México,” was unveiled culminating the Task Force’s two-year<br />
educational project to present the mutually beneficial relationship between African-Americans and<br />
Mexicans. The exhibit continues to travel in the Detroit Metropolitan area in libraries, universities,<br />
corporate offices and is duplicated in México.<br />
2013-2015 – An Advisory Board of Directors was established comprised of diverse leaders in the<br />
surrounding communities. The first Annual Justice and Equality Awards Ceremony was held<br />
celebrating the Drum Majors, Trailblazers and Leaders Fighting for What is Just and Right in the<br />
Detroit Metropolitan area. Plans began to celebrate both the <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force’s 30th Anniversary<br />
and the National Holiday in 2015 with a Peace Walk, Program, and a 30th Anniversary History<br />
<strong>Book</strong>. An artist was commissioned to create a sculptured bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to<br />
present to the Southfield Library. When appropriate, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force<br />
continues to speak out for, justice and equality. In addition, through the Task Force efforts, Civic<br />
Center Dr. also has a designation to honor Dr. King, Jr. All the activities demonstrate the lasting<br />
effect Dr. King, Jr. has on society to work for a more peaceful world.<br />
2016 - Southfield Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force member along with Southfield Mayor<br />
Kenson Siver, and two City Council Representatives traveled to South Korea to share business and<br />
culture exchanges as sister cities. They also traveled to the Cities of Seoul, Dongducheon, and the<br />
U.S. Military base, Camp Casey. The delegation was briefed on the history and role the U.S. plays<br />
in the safety and protection of the citizens of South Korea and the world.<br />
2017 – The first educational <strong>MLK</strong>, Jr. Task Force “Freedom Ride” was conducted with 27 middle<br />
and high school students from Wayne and Oakland Counties. They were given the opportunity to<br />
learn and explore more about the Civil Rights Movement - its meaning and how each stop was<br />
relevant. Stops included Washington, D.C., Atlanta Georgia, Louisiana Kentucky, and Memphis<br />
Tennessee.<br />
The Task Force entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with AMIGOS de la UNESCO (Cali,<br />
Colombia) to seek to implement opportunities for collaboration; to promote international<br />
understanding and to support initiatives of common interest, e.g.; Promote peace education,<br />
intercultural dialogue, and sustainable development as outlined by the United Nations. The Task<br />
Force was represented by an International Relations & Program Committee member at the 3rd<br />
International Colloquium of Afro-Descendants in Cali, Columbia, South America.<br />
2018 –The second Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Freedom Ride” was conducted with 36 Middle and<br />
High School students from Southfield and surrounding areas. The students made stops in<br />
Memphis, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; and Louisville, Kentucky to learn more about the history of<br />
the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s dedicated to the activism for equal rights, civil rights and<br />
social changes to end segregation and discrimination of African Americans. Upon return many<br />
students joined the Dr. <strong>MLK</strong>, Jr. Task Force Youth Leadership Non-Violence Program.<br />
Several Members of the International Relations and Programs Committee were invited, attended<br />
and made an academic presentation of Dr. <strong>MLK</strong>, Jr. Task Force‘s “Pathways to Freedom In the<br />
Americas: Experiences Between Michigan, USA and Guerrero, México” exhibit at the 19th Annual<br />
“Meeting of the Black Towns of México,” November 9-10, 2018 at Muzquiz, Coahuila, México<br />
hosted by the Black Seminoles Community.<br />
2019 – The Youth Leadership Program, component of the Education Committee, completed its year<br />
-long Non-Violence seminars, dialogues, and workshops. The King Center, Atlanta, GA, provided<br />
Dr. <strong>MLK</strong>, Jr. certified Non- Violence trainers to conduct a workshop. Attendees received Certificates<br />
of Attendance from the King Center. Later a “Take a Stand Against Bullying” workshop was<br />
conducted.<br />
Several members of the International Relations and Programs Committee attended the 2019<br />
Convention of the Black Towns of Mexico held in Mexico City. The goal is to prepare for the 2020<br />
census when this population will be counted for the first time in history!<br />
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2020 - A 5 year Strategic Plan was completed to prepare for passing the torch to a new generation<br />
of leaders. A representative traveled to Mexico to take part in the first Amig@s de la Paz<br />
Sustainability Award and counseled the City of Southfield to be the first in the U.S. to receive such<br />
an award.<br />
Afro- Mexicans were counted in the Mexico 2020 census for the first time in history.<br />
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
Salutes the Recipients of<br />
<strong>MLK</strong> COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD<br />
1988 Katherine Schelbe*<br />
1989 Dr. William Anderson<br />
1990 Dr. Louise Reid-Ritchie<br />
1991 Judge Stephen Cooper<br />
1992 Irma B. Cooper*<br />
1993 Commissioner Eric Coleman<br />
1994 Susie M. Hunt*<br />
1995 Rev. Mark Jenson<br />
1996 Anne Harp*<br />
1997 Barbara E. Talley<br />
1998 Lawrence R. Pernick* (posthumously)<br />
1999 Robert Block<br />
2000 Lillian Jaffe-Oaks*<br />
2001 Police Chief Joseph E. Thomas<br />
2002 Gerald Kuhn*<br />
2003 Alan Feuer<br />
2004 Cecil Rice<br />
2005 Priscilla Lamb<br />
2006 Roy Bell*<br />
2007 Felix L. Seldon<br />
2008 Dr. Karl Gregory<br />
2009 No Recipient<br />
2010 Barbara Purifoy-Seldon<br />
2011 Ashley N. Thomas* (posthumously)<br />
2012 Rev. Angelo Henderson*<br />
2013 Patrick Coleman<br />
2014 Herman Sherline<br />
2015 Cherryl Thames<br />
2016 Delores Flagg<br />
2017 Joan Ross<br />
2018 Rosemerry Allen<br />
2019 Patricia Haynie<br />
2020 Millie Hall<br />
*Deceased<br />
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
‘THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE’<br />
Mrs. Rosemerry Allen, <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force International Committee<br />
Ms. Joanne Barnes, Chrysler Motors, Retired<br />
Ms. Apryl Boyler<br />
The Honorable Daniel Brightwell, Southfield City Council<br />
Mrs. Margo Broner, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
Ms. Bernice Burnette, General Motors, Retired<br />
Danny Craig, Southfield Veterans’ Commissioner<br />
In Memory of Cleopatra Dean-Chesser, sister of Dorothy Dean, Esq.<br />
Ms. Renee Drake, General Motors, Retired<br />
Mrs. Lorene Brooks Everett, Retired Court Reporter<br />
Mr. James Ferguson, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
Ms. Faira Glenn, 1 st vice President, <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force, Inc.<br />
Mr. Roger Goolsby, Executive Director <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force, Inc.<br />
Mrs. Sylvia Sims Gray, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
In Memory of Delbert Gray, President, Southfield P. & R Department<br />
Ms. Ashley Gray<br />
Mr. Brandon Gray<br />
Mr. Derrick Hale, Southfield <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force, Inc.<br />
The Honorable Rudy Hobbs, Mrs. Dedra Hobbs, and Family<br />
The Honorable Janet Jackson, Oakland County Commissioner<br />
The Honorable Tawnya Morris, Councilwoman City of Southfield<br />
Mr. Rodd Monts, Omega Psi Phi - TKK Chapter<br />
Charles Pettway, Director, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
The Honorable Nancy Quarles, Oakland County Commissioner<br />
Mr. Jay Reid, Administrative Assistant, & City of Southfield Commissioner<br />
Ms. Euni Rose, Cable 15, The Roundtable<br />
Mr. Wayne Rucker, President, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
Mr. Christopher Simpson, Omega Psi Phi - TKK Chapter<br />
Mr. Donald P. Smith, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
Mrs. Florene Smith, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
Mrs. Leslie Love Smith, Southfield School Board member<br />
Alfred and Barbara Talley, <strong>MLK</strong> Task Force, Inc.<br />
The Honorable Linnie Taylor, Southfield City Council<br />
Ms. Cherryl Thames, Southfield Optimist Club<br />
Kevin and Brenda Threatt<br />
Jerome and Ola Wallace, San Marino Villas Improvement Association<br />
Ms. Tedra White<br />
Mrs. Willene White, Business Manager, Oak Park Dental<br />
Mrs. JoAnn Wright<br />
Ms. Joyce Willis, General Motors, retired<br />
We deeply appreciate you. We can’t say “THANK YOU” enough.<br />
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<strong>2021</strong> Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />
Task Force, Inc.<br />
Drive for Justice Sponsors/Participants<br />
The world is a better place because there are people like you helping<br />
others and always trying to make this world a better place to live<br />
through your actions, deeds, and words. You deserve our thanks.<br />
Thank you for your contributions to the success of the<br />
<strong>2021</strong> Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc. Drive<br />
for Justice Food Baskets project.<br />
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Southfield Chapter<br />
Attorney Dorothy J. Dean<br />
Beans and Corn Bread<br />
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Southfield Alumnae Chapter<br />
First Aid on Site Foundation<br />
Gleaners Community Food Bank<br />
Little Caesars Pizza<br />
Market Fresh Grocers, Beverly Hills<br />
Mayor Kenson Siver<br />
New Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Negro<br />
Business and Professional Women's' Clubs, Inc.<br />
Oakland County Board of Commissioners<br />
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Tau Kappa Kappa Chapter<br />
Page Toyota / Honda<br />
Sam's Shoe Service<br />
Serra Chevrolet<br />
Southfield Veterans’ Commission<br />
Western International Optimist Club<br />
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FAIRA GLENN<br />
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
It is a great honor to serve as 1st Vice President of the Dr.<br />
Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc. and the Chairman of the<br />
<strong>2021</strong> Program. It has been said many times, but I have to reemphasize<br />
that now more than ever we need the teachings of our<br />
great civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and<br />
John Lewis. We have been patient while others have fought and<br />
died for our rights. The time has come for us to demand<br />
JUSTICE NOW! As we continue the struggle to make King’s<br />
Dream a reality let us take the time to get into some “Good<br />
Trouble”. Let us peacefully protest and let the world know that<br />
the lives of way too many who were taken because of the color of their skin matter.<br />
Thank you to all who contributed to our virtual program and to all those who continue to fight<br />
for justice! “Injustice Any Where is a Threat to Justice Every Where”<br />
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Task Force, Inc.<br />
36th Annual Peace Walk & Celebration Virtual Program<br />
Monday, January 18, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Theme: “Injustice Any Where Is A Threat To Justice Every Where”<br />
9:00 A.M. .................................................................................... Convene at Hope United Methodist Church<br />
12:00 Noon ................................................................................................................................... Virtual Walk<br />
12:30 P.M. ............................................................................................................................... Virtual Program<br />
VIRTUAL PROGRAM<br />
Star Spangled Banner/Lift Every Voice..................................................................................... Stacey Barrett<br />
Presentation of Colors ......................................................................... Southfield Police and Fire Department<br />
Buffalo Soldiers<br />
Scout 672<br />
Invocation............................................................................................................................... Rev. Kim Riegel<br />
Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church<br />
Welcome .................................................................................................................... Barbara Talley, Founder<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
Performance ................................................................................................................... Legacy Dance Studio<br />
Youth Service Award ............................................................................................................... Sherita Watson<br />
2nd Vice President<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
Adult Service Award .......................................................................................................... Dorothy Dean, Esq<br />
Introduction of Keynote Speaker ................................................................................................... Faira Glenn<br />
1st Vice President<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
Adult Service Award<br />
Keynote Speaker ..............................................................................................Rev. B. Kevin Smalls, D. Min.<br />
Hope United Methodist Church<br />
Musical Selection .......................................................................................................................... Randy Scott<br />
John Lewis Tribute<br />
Closing Remarks ...............................................................................................................Tracey Payne-Tellis<br />
President<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
Adult Service Award<br />
Benediction ....................................................................................................................... Rev. Rodney Kemp<br />
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church<br />
We Shall Overcome .......................................................................................... Jay Reid, Youth Peace Maker<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force, Inc.<br />
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POSTHUMOUS<br />
SALUTE!!<br />
TO<br />
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN ROBERT LEWIS<br />
The Late U.S. Representative John Robert Lewis (D-GA) was elected to<br />
office in 1986 and served until his death on July 17, 2020. He was<br />
known as One of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement in<br />
the 1960s.<br />
He grew up the son of a sharecropper in an era of racial segregation.<br />
John Lewis often spoke of how Dr. King inspired his activism. He was<br />
angered by the unfairness of the Jim Crow South, and launched what<br />
he called "good trouble" with organized protests and sit-ins. In the<br />
early 1960s, he was a Freedom Rider, challenging segregation at<br />
interstate bus terminals across the South and in the nation's capital.<br />
In 1963, from the same steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where Dr. King<br />
delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, a 23-year-old, John Lewis, the<br />
youngest speaker of the day, warned: “If we do not get meaningful<br />
legislation out of this Congress, the time will come when we will not<br />
confine our marching to Washington.... We must say, ‘Wake up,<br />
America, wake up!’ For we cannot stop, and we will not be patient.”<br />
After the March on Washington, in 1964, the Civil Rights Act became law. Unfortunately, this did not make<br />
it easier for African Americans to vote in the South. To bring attention to this struggle, John Lewis and<br />
Hosea Williams led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. After crossing the<br />
Edmund Pettus Bridge, the marchers were attacked by state troopers. John Lewis was severely beaten and<br />
suffered a fractured skull.<br />
The attack was recorded and shared throughout the country. These images proved too powerful to ignore.<br />
"Bloody Sunday," as the day has become known, sped up the passage of 1965's Voting Rights Act.<br />
This day, January 18, <strong>2021</strong>, we SALUTE the late U.S. Congressman John Robert Lewis because as so<br />
elegantly stated by President Barack Obama, "He loved this country so much that he risked his life and his<br />
blood so that it might live up to its promise. And through the decades, he not only gave all of himself to the<br />
cause of freedom and justice, but inspired generations that followed to try to live up to his example,"<br />
“When I was growing up, my mother and father and family members said, 'Don't get in trouble. Don't get in<br />
the way.' I got in trouble. I got in the way. It was necessary trouble.”<br />
—John Lewis<br />
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City of Southfield<br />
City of Southfield<br />
MICHAEL “ARI” MANDELBAUM<br />
Council President Pro Tem<br />
DANIEL BRIGHTWELL<br />
Councilman<br />
26000 Evergreen Road<br />
P.O. Box 2055<br />
Southfield, MI 48037-2055<br />
(248) 796-5150<br />
FAX (248) 796-5155<br />
Cell: (248) 905-1095<br />
www.cityofsouthfield.com<br />
mmandelbaum@cityofsouthfield.com<br />
26000 Evergreen Road<br />
P.O. Box 2055<br />
Southfield, MI 48037-2055<br />
(248) 796-5150<br />
FAX (248) 796-5155<br />
www.cityofsouthfield.com<br />
dbrightwell@cityofsouthfield.com<br />
City of Southfield<br />
City of Southfield<br />
TAWNYA MORRIS<br />
Councilwoman<br />
MICHAEL A. MANION<br />
Community Relations Director<br />
26000 Evergreen Road<br />
P.O. Box 2055<br />
Southfield, MI 48037-2055<br />
(248) 796-5150<br />
FAX (248) 796-5155<br />
www.cityofsouthfield.com<br />
tmorris@cityofsouthfield.com<br />
26000 Evergreen Road<br />
P.O. Box 2055<br />
Southfield, MI 48037-2055<br />
(248) 796-5132<br />
Cell: (248) 915-0865<br />
mmanion@cityofsouthfield.com<br />
City Cable 15<br />
City of Southfield<br />
26000 Evergreen Rd.<br />
P.O. 2055<br />
Southfield, MI 48037-2055<br />
EUNI ROSE<br />
Host, ‘The Southfield Roundtable’<br />
(248) 996-9078<br />
eunirose@eunirose.com<br />
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1986<br />
Barbara Talley<br />
Founder<br />
“Whatever affects<br />
one directly affects<br />
all indirectly.”<br />
Dr. <strong>MLK</strong>, Jr.<br />
36th ANNIVERSARY<br />
1 ST<br />
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR<br />
NATIONAL HOLIDAY<br />
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.<br />
PEACE WALK & PROGRAM<br />
SOUTHFIELD MI<br />
January 20, 1986<br />
Keeping the Dream Alive!!<br />
to Charter Members<br />
Past Presidents<br />
& Many Volunteers<br />
BARBARA E. TALLEY<br />
Founder<br />
Dr. <strong>MLK</strong> Jr. Task Force<br />
Former Southfield City Councilwoman<br />
&<br />
ALFRED E. TALLEY, MEMBER<br />
1986<br />
Rev. Dr.<br />
Mark P. Jenson<br />
Co-Chair of Walk<br />
“We must walk on in<br />
the days ahead with<br />
an audacious faith in<br />
the future.”<br />
Dr. <strong>MLK</strong>, Jr.<br />
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Bid Whist Club<br />
Celebrating the Legacy of<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />
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