DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE - Angela Davis Spoken Word Preview
Channel: Fifth Stream Music
Date: 2018-05-23

Listen to Dr. Angela Davis as we preview her spoken word in DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE honors the life of Reverend and activist
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacy of the civil rights movement he led. On April 4, 1967, Dr. King delivered his most controversial speech, “Beyond Vietnam–A Time to Break Silence” at the Riverside Church in New York City. One year later to the day, on April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Fifty years later we ask which of Dr. King’s ideas and teachings are still pressing issues in the United States today.

Her performance will be presented at a world premiere of DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE on May 26, 2018 at the San Francisco International Arts Festival at Cowell Theater, Fort Mason. Tickets available at http://bit.ly/SeeJazz