Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration (Documentary and Presentation)

**THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 19.**

Join us on Sunday, February 2, 2025, as we commemorate Dr. King’s life and legacy with a special documentary screening and presentation. Both events are FREE, open to the public (without registration), and hosted in United Lutheran Seminary’s Valentine Hall Auditorium, next to Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center. Donations are appreciated. More information is below.

1:00pm – King in the Wilderness (2018)

Through personal stories of the people who were around him, this HBO documentary film from director Peter Kunhardt follows Martin Luther King Jr. during the last years of his life, from the vital role he played in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to his assassination in 1968.

Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes. Rated TV-14. View the trailer below or here.

3:30pm – “‘Five Score Years Ago’: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Legacy of the Civil War”

Join Codie Eash, Director of Education and Interpretation, as he examines Dr. King’s many references to slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and their consequences, utilizing lessons from a century earlier as he battled racism, poverty, and violence in his own time.

Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A.