PHILADELPHIA – To have a good time the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Comcast NBCUniversal is proud to launch an hour-long particular commemorating civil rights heroes featured in its award-winningVoices of the Civil Rights Movement platform. The particular — which debuts on Black Expertise on Xfinity and Xumo Play on Jan. 15 — contains a hearth chat with King confidant and former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Younger.
Voices of the Civil Rights Motion Program
Comcast NBCUniversal teammates, NBC TODAY’s Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones, and 14 civil rights heroes (together with Andrew Younger) on the Voices tenth Anniversary Celebration, September 2023.
In recognition of 10 years of Voices of the Civil Rights Motion, Comcast invited group and civic leaders to Philadelphia’s Comcast Expertise Heart in September 2023 to honor the civil rights heroes featured on the platform. Hosted by NBC TODAY’s Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones, this system will debut for audiences nationwide on MLK Jr. Day.
The particular program consists of an in-depth dialog with legendary civil rights chief Amb. Andrew Younger, an in depth lieutenant of Dr. King, by which he displays on highlights from his storied profession, and his optimistic outlook on the longer term.
Andrew Younger, Former U.N. Ambassador
“We’ve been by, ‘many risks, toils, and snares, I’ve already come however grace introduced me protected up to now and style will lead us on.’ … We’re making extra progress than I’ve ever identified, and we’re making it sooner than any time in my lifetime.” – Andrew Younger, Former U.N. Ambassador and Voices honoree
This system additionally honors fellow civil rights champions who contributed their tales to the Voices platform since its 2013 launch, together with Tony award-winning actress Melba Moore, Freedom Rider Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Tuskegee Airman Dr. Eugene Richardson, and fellow pioneers. The particular options two musical performances from a youngsters’s choir from Philadelphia-based nonprofit Play on Philly, who sing the Black nationwide anthem, “Elevate Each Voice and Sing,” and “Let Them Hear You” from RAGTIME The Musical.
Residence to 250 first-person interviews and historic moments free to everybody, Voicesof the Civil Rights Motion honors the legacy and influence of the heroic people who pioneered the Civil Rights Motion of the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties.
The platform was launched in 2013 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the place Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech turned a rallying cry for the motion. Study extra about how we’re celebrating the platform’s tenth anniversary right here.
The complete one-hour particular is obtainable to look at solely on Black Experience on Xfinityand Xumo Play starting Jan. 15.
