The Black Academy Of Arts And Letters' MLK Concert Returns For 39th Year

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TBAAL Founder & President Curtis King says they're adapting to these challenging times, and they're not allowing even a pandemic to silence the music or the mission.

– On Sunday, January 16, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters will once again bring a majestic choir to the stage to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, just as they’ve done for nearly four decades.

The concert is a mainstay of North Texas MLK celebrations, attracting the biggest African American artists from around the country. The music, a vehicle for maintaining King’s message. For King, the movement pushed him towards the arts. For 39 years, King and TBAAL have produced the concert, using music to reflect on the history and struggle for civil rights.“Like, ‘If you miss me at the back of the bus’, or ‘Is my living in vain?’ We think about the work we’ve done, and we are saying to ourselves, ‘is the work in vain?’ No, it’s not!”

 

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