Monday, September 26, 2011

Oct 15: "King Beyond Black & White" with Dr. Lawrence Carter of Morehouse Univ.


In 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. personally recruited Lawrence Edward Carter as a 10th grader to come to Morehouse College. Twenty one years later, Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter became the first Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel in 1979. Today he is Professor of Religion and College Curator at Morehouse College. For forty-six years, Dr. Carter has studied and worked in fourteen American universities, colleges, and professional schools, spoken at over one-hundred different colleges, universities, and seminaries, and received over one thousand speaking engagements from eighteen Christian denominations, including Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist communions, and traveled to thirty-five foreign countries.

Where & When
SGI-USA Buddhist Culture Center
3417 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
Saturday, October 15
5:00 PM
(Reception with light refreshments to follow)

IMPORTANT: Admission is free but seating is limited and only if you RSVP. Please respond to cultureofpeacedc@gmail.com or call Bill Aiken at 202-338-5491.

No comments:

Post a Comment