great! another indirect honor... On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:18 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[email protected]>wrote:
> This artcile is from US Department of State, DC website.. > > Martin Luther King III, U.S. Representative John Lewis, and Herbie Hancock > to Lead U.S. Department of State Commemoration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther > King's 1959 India Journey The U.S. Department of State will support > February 2009 celebrations in India to commemorate the tour by the Rev. Dr. > Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 years ago to study Mahatma Gandhi. This tour > deeply influenced the American civil rights movement. The delegation, > including Martin Luther King, III; civil rights movement veteran U.S. > Representative John Lewis; and legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock, along > with other distinguished Americans, will meet with counterparts in India to > underscore the enduring importance of the King and Gandhi legacies. > The delegation will meet in New Delhi with government leaders, social > activists, and youth, and will travel around India to some of the principal > sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi's work. There will be two special > musical performances featuring Herbie Hancock and others organized by the > Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. In Chennai, Indian musicians will conduct > a special tribute, including performances of music on the theme of > non-violence created by leading composer A.R. Rahman, widely acclaimed for > writing the score to the current hit film "Slumdog Millionaire," and a > dramatic reading by film actor and director Kamal Haasan. > In February 1959, Dr. King and Coretta Scott King traveled throughout > India in search of the roots of the nonviolent social action movement for > Indian independence, studying Mahatma Gandhi's ideals and meeting his > followers around the country. Upon their return to the United States, Dr. > King and other leaders of the civil rights movement drew on Gandhi's ideas > to transform American society. > *2009/058* > ** > http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/01/115001.htm > > > >
