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King Center "Cuts Ribbon" for New Gift
Store/Resource Centers
The King Center hosted a ribbon cutting
reception and ceremony to open two redesigned gift stores and resource
centers which was made possible through the generosity of the Target
Corporation.
A guest peruses the
items available at the
newly remodeled Gift
Store and Resource Center
The redesign includes expanded merchandise space, a
wall of quotes by Dr. King, visual and audio displays that inform, educate,
and enhance the
visitors’ experience.
“The King Center was recently recognized as the #1
cultural tourist attraction in the southeast with annual visitors of more
than 650,000,” indicates Ms. Tricia Harris, Managing Director of The King
Center. “So it is both fitting and necessary that the experience for
visitors include the best possible space for further information and
education. We thank Target for assisting us in accomplishing this
initiative.”
Coretta Scott King and
Bernice King present
a portrait of Dr. King to the principal and students of
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
Events included The King Center and Target hosting 45
honor students from the 10th grade at Martin Luther King, Jr.
High School in Dekalb County for educational tours of the Martin Luther
King, Jr. National Historic Site. The tours were led by National Park
Service Rangers and facilitated by King Center staff. The students' day
concluded with a brief program in which Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her youngest
daughter, Rev. Bernice A. King, presented the school with a collection of
educational materials for the high school’s library and a framed portrait of
Dr. King for the new school’s lobby.
In making the presentations, Mrs. King shared the
following:
“Like Martin Luther King, Jr., The King Center believes
that choosing nonviolence is the only hope for humanity’s survival and
progress. Thus, The King Center is dedicated to promoting Martin Luther
King, Jr.’s philosophy and strategy of nonviolence as a way of life, as well
as a method for peaceful social change.”
“We have a special concern that young people be exposed
to Dr. King’s empowering values and teachings through the latest
communications technology, as well as books and other reading materials.”
Mrs. Coretta Scott
King makes remarks at the
evening ribbon-cutting
ceremony
An evening reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony was
held for invited guests of The King Center and representatives from Target
Stores. Assisting Mrs. King and Mrs. Christine King Farris (Dr. King’s
sister and King Center Vice Chair) with the ribbon cutting were Mr. Martin
Luther King III, Rev. Bernice A. King, Ms. Tricia Harris (King Center
Managing Director) and Ms. Laysha Ward (Director of
Community Relations for the Target Foundation).
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