Updated at 6:55 a.m., Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert at Kahala Mall
Advertiser Staff
The Royal Hawaiian Band will play a tribute concert to Martin Luther King Jr. at Kahala Mall today, the civil rights leader's birthday.The free 45-minute concert will start at 7 p.m. It will feature the music of William Grant Still, Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder, as well as musical selections from America's civil rights movement.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination.
For information about the event and other King celebrations happening this month, visit www.mlk-hawaii.com.