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JCRC/NAACP-MC Annual
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
This annual event, which brings together hundreds of members of the African-American and Jewish communities of Montgomery County, MD, for education and entertainment, seeks to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and strengthen ties between these communities.
Each year, the King-Heschel Award, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, is presented to one or two community leaders in recognition of outstanding community service, civil rights advocacy and community building.
Past MLK Commemorations
2009: The Black Jew Dialogues
Presented the King-Heschel Award to Roscoe Nix and Rabbi Jack Luxemburg
Featuring The Black Jew Dialogues. Photo Album
2008: Convergences: The Meeting of African-American and Jewish Idenities
Presented the King-Heschel Award to Operation Understanding DC
Featured Dr. Carolivia Herron, African-American Jewish author of Nappy Hair, and Y-Love, African-American Jewish hip-hop sensation and winner of the 2006 American Jewish Music Awards Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
Photo Album
2007: Feelin' the Beat: An Evening of Music & Culture
Presented the first King-Heschel Award to County Executive Ike Leggett & Judge Peter Krauser
Featured musical performances by the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Gospel Choir and the Lox & Vodka Klezmer Band. Photo Album
2006: Remembering the Past and Rebuilding the Future
Featured a panel of speakers: David Shuster, Peter Krauser, Colbert I. King, Ike Leggett and Peter Edelman
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