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Greater Lansing Area MLK Holiday Commission

                       Commission Chairpersons, Speakers and Themes • 1986-1999
                Chairpersons/Themes                         Speakers

      1-20-86   Willard K. Walker                           The Honorable Benjamin Gibson
                “Living The Dream”                          U.S. District Judge


      1-20-87   Willard Walker                              Mayor Johnny Ford
                “Living The Dream”                          Kansas City, Kansas


      1-18-88   Willard Walker                              Clarence N. Wood
                “Living The Dream”                          Vice President, External Affairs, National Urban League


      1-16-89   Willard Walker                              Rev. Tyrone Crider
                “Living The Dream”                          Assistant Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Columbus, OH


      1-15-90   Willard K. Walker                           Rev. Vashti M. McKenzie
                “Living The Dream”                          Oak Street AME Church, Baltimore, MD


      1-19-91   Sherri Johnson                              C. Delores Tucker
                “Vision Beyond The Dream Through            Founder & President, Bethune-Dubois Institute, Inc
                Principles of Racial Equality and
                Nonviolent Social Change”


      1-20-92   Sherri Johnson                              Mr. Roy Roberts
                “Vision Beyond The Dream”                   Manufacturing Manager, General Motors BOC Flint Automotive Division

      1-18-93   Rev. Michael Murphy                         Rev. Frederick Sampson
                “Vision Beyond The Dream”                   Pastor, Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit


      1-17-94   Dorothy Dean                                Rev. Kenneth B. Smith
                “Building Bridges of Unity                  Associate Professor of Ministry, Chicago Theological Seminary and Understanding”


      1-16-95   Dorothy Dean                                Rev. Michael Louis Pfleger
                “Empowering the Community to                Pastor, Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit
                Make a Difference: Help Someone”


      1-15-96   Dorothy Dean                                Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks
                “Passing The Torch, Igniting The            Adjunct Prof. and Member of the Board of Trustees of United
                Vision of a New Generation”                 Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH and National Alumni
                President for Colgate Rochester School of Divinity


      1-20-97   Judith Caldwell                             Dr. Susan D. Johnson-Cook
                “Dreaming for the 21st Century”             Senior Pastor, Bronx Christian Fellowship, New York, NY


      1-19-98   Edward Thomas                               Rev. Bernard L. Richardson
                “Honoring Humanity With Humility”           Dean of Howard University’s Andrew Memorial Chapel and
                Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Hartford Seminary


      1-18-99   Edward Thomas                               Dr. Julia Hare
                “Remember! Celebrate! Act...                National Executive Director of The Black Think Tank
                A Day On, Not A Day Off!”


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