Interpreting MLK Jr.'s Legacy and Ending Voter Suppression

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Human Relations Commission commemorate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday with a discussion of his legacy and its influence on contemporary efforts to end voter suppression against Black Americans as part of the Voting: Democracy in Action series.

Featured speakers include Andrew Aydin, creator and co-author of the "March" series (with the late Rep. John Lewis), Andrea Blackman, Division Manager for Special Collections, Nashville Public Library (and curator of the Civil Rights Room), and Taos Wynn, a Georgia-based community organizer and director of Nonviolence 365 at The King Center. Supported in part by the Maryland Humanities Voices and Votes Electoral Engagement Project, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s “Why It Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative.