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Free Admission in Honor of MLK Day

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January 20th at 9:00am – 5:00pm

McLean County Museum of History

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Enjoy free admission to the Museum all day, Monday, January 20, 2025, in honor of MLK Day.

We're inviting folks to come in, reflect, and learn to celebrate this national holiday. Make sure to check out A Community in Conflict, an exhibit that asks the question "Who had the Power" throughout McLean County's History. If you can't join us in person, consider taking a digital tour of the exhibit here: https://mchistory.org/digital-exhibits/a-community-in-conflict

Martin Luther King, Jr. first visited McLean County in early 1961. About 500 or so area residents and Wesleyan students who came to hear him speak at IWU's Memorial Center. King cautioned that the continued success of the civil rights movement was by no means preordained, and that “social progress never rolled in on wheels of inevitability.” He returned to the Wesleyan campus five years later, in 1966.

You can listen to the full length speech that he gave Feb. 10, 1966 here: https://buff.ly/3WfSrp7  (his speech begins at the 6:42 minute mark). it is also available on SoundCloud here: https://buff.ly/3Wezt20.

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Enjoy free admission to the Museum all day, Monday, January 20, 2025, in honor of MLK Day.

We're inviting folks to come in, reflect, and learn to celebrate this national holiday. Make sure to check out A Community in Conflict, an exhibit that asks the question "Who had the Power" throughout McLean County's History. If you can't join us in person, consider taking a digital tour of the exhibit here: https://mchistory.org/digital-exhibits/a-community-in-conflict

Martin Luther King, Jr. first visited McLean County in early 1961. About 500 or so area residents and Wesleyan students who came to hear him speak at IWU's Memorial Center. King cautioned that the continued success of the civil rights movement was by no means preordained, and that “social progress never rolled in on wheels of inevitability.” He returned to the Wesleyan campus five years later, in 1966.

You can listen to the full length speech that he gave Feb. 10, 1966 here: https://buff.ly/3WfSrp7  (his speech begins at the 6:42 minute mark). it is also available on SoundCloud here: https://buff.ly/3Wezt20.