MLK Day

W.E.B. DuBois spent his last years in Ghana living within an easy walk of my home in Accra. His house is now a museum. His gravesite is on the grounds. There's also an art center, restaurant, and outdoor stage.



The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's, Professor Ralph Johnson (center) of Johns Hopkins University presented a plaque to the DuBois Centre during Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations this year. Professor Anne Adams (right), Director of the Centre, received the plaque. Assisting was Professor Robert Harris Jr. of Cornell (left) who also offered a 15 minute address entitled "MLK and African Liberation."



The U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Pamela Bridgewater, announced winners of a school contest. Students wrote poems and essays in honor of Dr. King.



A prize was also offered for the best painting. Judges included distinguished Ghanaian academics as well as a visiting scholar from the U.S., Kwame Zulu Shabazz (frontmost photographer).



Some of the students made presentations about their award-winning creations. Afterward, DuBois Centre staff served ice cream and cakes in the main hall of the museum.