The 24th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition will take place on Saturday, March 19, beginning at noon at the Wayne State University Law School – Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, 471 W. Palmer St. in Detroit.
Selected 11th and 12th grade students from local high schools will present their position on the following topic:
“The #BlackLivesMatter movement was created in 2012 after Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. Many have criticized the #BlackLivesMatter movement for focusing on specific injustices done to African Americans stating there should be an #AllLivesMatter movement. If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive, would he argue that Blacks should focus on the #AllLivesMatter movement to focus more globally and generally on all lives or would he support the #BlackLivesMatter movement?”
Admission is free to all persons wishing to attend this event that is held annually in commemoration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and in observance of Black History Month. Light refreshments will be served during the reception immediately following the program.
The competition is sponsored by the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, the Association of Black Judges of Michigan, and the Wolverine Bar Association.
For additional information, contact Chairperson Michael K. Jackson II at 248-866-5942 or via email at jacksonm@millercanfield.com.
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