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Greater Lansing Area MLK Holiday Commission
Commission Chairpersons, Speakers and Themes • 1986-1998
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
6 • 38th Annual MLK Day of Celebration