A Poetic Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King - This Is a No-Host Event

Tickets Free; Registration required

Each year, the Folger celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with a free and family-friendly event featuring contemporary poets reading historic speeches from Dr. King and others. For this year’s celebration, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series is excited to partner with Mosaic Theater Company to celebrate the life, legacy, and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an exclusive performance of a scene from Mosaic’s highly-anticipated theater production, Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest.

https://www.folger.edu/whats-on/not-just-another-day-off-2026/