THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 16, 1997 TAG: 9702150039
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E18 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY TERESA ANNAS, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: 41 lines
DURING BLACK History Month, a series of local celebrity readers have been bringing to life the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the galleries of The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk.
Through March 2, those galleries contain more than 70 photographs that documented from 1954 to 1968 the civil rights movement and its brightest light, King.
Today at 3 p.m., Dr. William Carroll, an English professor at Norfolk State University, will read from one of King's speeches. Carroll specializes in African-American literature, including King's writings.
Today at 2 p.m., Carl Jackson will give a fiery, interpretive performance of the work of great African-American poets such as Langston Hughes.
Also, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today, four professional black artists will be demonstrating their work in the museum's Huber Court. Look for photojournalist Lawrence Jackson, ceramicist Broderick Humes, and two painters, Cynthia Potter and Thomas Small.
All programs are free with museum admission: $4, adults; $2, students and ages 60 and older; free, ages 5 and younger (and on Wednesdays).
Upcoming readers: At 3 p.m. next Sunday, Rabbi Lawrence A. Forman of Ohef Sholom Temple will read; his appearance is a reminder that the photo exhibit is sponsored in part by the African-American Jewish Coalition.
The final reader is Dr. Adolphus Hailstork, composer-in-residence at Norfolk State University, at 3 p.m. March 2.
The museum is at 245 W. Olney Rd. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 664-6200 for more information. ILLUSTRATION: ``Linda Brown and Her Sister Walking to School,
Topeka, Kansas, March 1953'' is by Carl Iwasaki. On May 17, 1954, a
Supreme Court ruling ending segregation in the United States was
made in the case of fourth-grader Linda Brown - seen here at age 10
with her sister Terry Lynn, 6. Under segregation laws, they were not
allowed to attend a nearby school and had to walk six blocks through
a dangerous railyard to catch a bus to an all-black school.