MLK Jr Celebration Events In Odessa Schedule
The Black Cultural Council of Odessa lists King Week events headlined by Rev Watson of Fort Smith at Black Shear. The June LUTHER KINGteenth Mass Choir, JR performs. Breakfast at Woodson Center then program at St Matthew Baptist Church. A rally at South Side Senior Center features Odessa High student Khamise Green. Also a Jan 21 prayer breakfast at Odessa Regional Medical Center hosted by the Black Chamber of Commerce with DA Bobby Bland. City offices closed for MLK Day. others open.
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Northside
Church of God In Christ
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Ark
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Woodson Community Center
E. Murphy St
Christopher T. Redden
St. Matthew Baptist Church
Southside
Senior Citizen Center
S. Dixie Blvd
Odessa High School
Khamise Green
Thekingcenter.org
Black Chamber of Commerce
Permian Basin
Odessa Regional Medical Center
Adams St
Bobby Bland
Bland
Odessablackchamber.com
ECISD
Odessa College
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
U.S
Haiti Earthquake Destruction Prompts Refugee Aid Urge
A weekly opinion column asks readers whether the Haiti earthquake devastation motivates increased aid and sympathy. It questions personal responsibility and calls for listening to affected communities while urging concrete volunteering and donations.
ECISD eyes settlement in long desegregation dispute
After decades of legal wrangling ECISD and CRUCIAL are negotiating a desegregation settlement. mediations included board president Donna Smith and members Fay Batch and Carol Gregg. If the board approves the agreement it could end the federal desegregation plan that began in the 1980s and follow the 2006 consent terms.
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Crucial
Donna Smith
Fay Batch
Carol Gregg
Maldef
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Martin Luther King Jr Day Event to Feature Khamisie Green
Odessa High student Khamisie Green, a cellist with the Odessa High Orchestra, plans to speak Sunday at the Cultural Council of Odessa’s Martin Luther King Jr Day celebration. The event highlights community voices alongside performances.
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Khamisie Green
Black Cultural Council of
Odessa
Green
Odessa High
Odessa High student Khamisie Green to speak at MLK rally
Odessa High School sophomore Khamisie Green, 15, was chosen as the keynote speaker for Odessa's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, as the Odessa City Council prepared details for the event.
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Odessa High School
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I Have a Dream Speech Added to National Recording Registry
The Library of Congress honored Martin Luther King Jr.s I Have a Dream speech in 2004 by adding it to the National Recording Registry. The entry discusses anaphora as a key rhetorical device and notes efforts to keep Martin Luther King Jr Day relevant for today.
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Library of Congress
United States National Recording Registry
Martin Luther King Day program speaker chosen
Council president Jo Ann Davenport Littleton announces Green as the evident choice to address youth at MLK Day events. The aim is to engage young people by having a young speaker. Further MLK Day details are on page 8A.
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Jo Ann Davenport Littleton
Green
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CAF board ousts two museum linked members over bylaw clash
The Commemorative Air Force CAF board voted Saturday to remove Floyd Houdashell Jr. and Graham Robertson, both serving as museum representatives, amid a dispute over bylaws. CAF President Stephan Brown says the move preserves CAF control of the Midland International Airport museum, while museum director Tami O Bannion says the board seeks power it does not own. The Odessa American reports Brown barred a newsroom presence at the meeting.
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Mesa, Ariz
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Oklahoma City
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Houdashell and Robertson
Brown
Midland International Airport
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