Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, the life of Nelson Mandela and the writing of Albert Camus are among the subjects of special events at the Southbank Centre's Autumn Literature season.
The historic 1963 speech of Martin Luther King, the achievements of Nelson
Mandela and the literary skills of Albert Camus will be among the highlights of
the events at the Southbank Centre's Autumn Literature season (October
23-November 28).
It will be 50 years on August 28 since King’s iconic 'I have a dream' speech,
the culmination of the March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom rally, and it
will be celebrated in an all-day multimedia event featuring The Last Poets, a
group of acclaimed poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s
African-American civil rights movement.
The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Camus (November 7) will be
commemorated with a dramatised reading of The Outsider featuring five
actors, projections and live music.
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