In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, we will play 3 movies about the life of Martin Luther King. The first in the MLK Movie series will be Boycott (2001) at 7:30 pm in the Large Meeting Room. Interweaving vintage newsreels, stock footage and home movies with scenes depicting events surrounding the birth of the civil rights movement, this made-for-cable drama recounts the story behind the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott of 1955. Iris Little-Thomas plays Rosa Parks, the black seamstress whose refusal to sit at the back a bus kindles the flames of protest, and Jeffrey Wright delivers an inspired performance as the young Martin Luther King. Rated: PG. Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes.
