MLKNOW
January 19, 2016 11:56 AM   Subscribe

Partly organized and hosted by Creed director Ryan Coogler, MLKNOW was an all day event that celebrated Martin Luther King Jr Day with a string of stars reciting his and other black activists still all too relevant words at Harlem's Riverside Church. A full archive of the event is available. (Actual event starts at around 39:45.) Non-chronological Program. More timestamps below, with individual links where available:

39:45 - Ryan Coogler introduces the event
41:00 - Pastor Amy Butler, Senior Minister of Riverside Church gives introductory remarks and a prayer
44:00 - Shawn Dove speaks about the Campaign For Black Male Achievement
53:00 - Coogler talks about the Blackout For Human Rights, the origins of the event, and the importance of language
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57:30 - Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda: MLK's Beyond Vietnam. (Jezebel article with standalone clip.)
1:11:00 - Actress Condola Rashad: Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Campaign Announcement
1:20:30 - India.Arie performs her song "I Am Light"
1:28:30 - Bilal performs his song "All Matter"
1:35:30 - Actor Michael B Jordan: Fred Hampton's Power Anywhere Where There's People
1:44:00 - Chris Rock: James Baldwin's A Letter To My Nephew (Youtube version)
1:58:00 - Jussie Smollett sings "Strange Fruit"
2:02:30 - Actress Adepero Oduye: Ida B Wells's "This Awful Slaughter" (Broadway director Kenny Leon helped finish when Oduye was overwhelmed at one point)
2:16:20 - Tessa Thompson: Angela Davis's Victory Speech
2:29:30 - Karega Bailey performs "I Can't Breathe" and "No Indictment"
2:38:30 - Tony winner Anika Noni Rose: Sojourner Truth's Ain't I A Woman
2:42:20 - Actor André Holland: Malcolm X's Police Brutality and Mainstream Media
2:55:30 - Civil Rights Legend Harry Belafonte: Patrice Lumumba's Independence Speech, as well as remarks on Riverside Church and the past and future of the Civil Rights Movement
3:32:00 - Anika Noni Rose returns for a stirring rendition of J. Cole's Be Free
3:36:20 - Ryan Coogler and J. Cole have a conversation
3:58:00 - Saul Williams performs Coded Language and List of Demands
4:05:50 - Samora Pinderhughes, Jeremie Harris, and Christopher Jackson perform "Momentum (The Transformation Suite)"
4:15:30 - Octavia Spencer: MLK's I've Been To The Mountaintop
4:32:45 - Remarks by Shawn Dove
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4:46:30 - Panel Discussion
posted by kmz (2 comments total) 24 users marked this as a favorite
 
Thank you so much for posting! I was able to watch yesterday up through Andre Holland's reading. I was particularly impressed by Tessa Thompson's reading of Angela Davis's Victory Speech.
posted by ChuraChura at 11:58 AM on January 19, 2016


This is brilliant. This is important.
posted by grabbingsand at 12:53 PM on January 19, 2016 [1 favorite]


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