Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr., U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley and Alex Shumate to be honored at the King Arts Complex In 1940s Birmingham, Alabama, Center Street represented the color line. African-American families …
Community feature: Local legends reflect on the law and civil rights Read More
Central Ohio’s celebration of the Harlem Renaissance continues this fall and into early next year, as the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Museum of Art, CAPA, and other arts organizations
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander recently embarked on a month-long tour in celebration of the release of Rebound, prequel to his 2014 novel-in-verse, The Crossover. Alexander traveled to bookstores and libraries across the country aboard a bus featuring …
Group exhibition features artists inspired and given opportunities by “Black Panther” Bryan Moss hadn’t realized it at the time, but every time he went to see “Black Panther” in the theater, he was with white …
‘The Black Panther: Celebrating 50+ years of Black Superheroes’ at King Arts Complex Read More
The King Arts Complex continues to remember the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, 1968, Reverend King was shot and killed, on a balcony at the Lorraine …
King Arts Complex remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read More
Today marks 50 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., signifying a dark and senseless moment in the nation’s history. Many who are living today remember where they were and what they felt …
Finding The Message In MLK’s Legacy With 60 Seconds For Peace Read More
Fifty years ago, on April 4, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis. King helped organize the largest call for civil rights in our nation’s history. With his …
50 Ways to Honor Dr. King on the 50th Anniversary of His Death Read More
On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr., Ohio State’s College of Social Work is coordinating with the King Arts Complex to host “Music and Racial Justice: From Abolition to Black Lives Matter” Wednesday …
King Arts Complex presents the history of racial justice in music Read More
From the opening lines of Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” — as Martin Luther King Jr. shouts out the door of his motel room asking a fellow civil-rights leader to buy him some Pall Mall cigarettes …
‘The Mountaintop’: Troupe creatively imagines night before MLK’s death Read More
Short North Stage teams up with the King Arts Complex to bring a new production of The Mountaintop to the Green Room at the Garden Theater directed by Alan Bomar Jones. The production coincides with the 50th …
Short North Stage and King Arts Complex Present The Mountaintop Read More