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I Have a Dream
On NJN’s State of the Arts
Wednesday, January 16 at 11:30 pm
STATEWIDE – This special edition of State of the Arts explores how artists, composers, and architects have responded to the lasting legacy of the Civil Rights movement. I Have a Dream will be offered to viewers as part of NJN’s recognition of the celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on January 21, 2008. The encore presentation airs on Wednesday, January 16 at 11:30 pm. State of the Arts, NJN’s long running series, has earned 28 Regional Emmy Awards, including New York Emmy Awards in 2007 and 2005, and a 2006 Mid-Atlantic Emmy.
• Hannibal
Composer, jazz trumpeter, and poet Hannibal started life in the cotton fields of Texas. He has lived in both New York City and with the Masai Tribes of West Africa. He now appears on major concert stages throughout the world. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra premiered Hannibal's work, God, Mississippi and a Man Called Evers, a deeply personal work that honors slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers. State of the Arts producer Eric Schultz speaks with the composer about this ambitious musical epic, and visits the home of Medgar Evers in Mississippi.
• Voices from the Garden
The Civil Rights Garden at Carnegie Library in Atlantic City is the first major monument to the civil rights movement in a northern state. A sculpture garden, it features black granite columns bearing the words of civil rights leaders and a bronze bell over a reflecting pool. The Civil Rights Garden is a powerful tribute to the architects of the Civil Rights Movement, and is used as the setting for Atlantic City’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event. State of the Arts producer Eric Schultz visits the garden and meets Larry Kirkland, the designer of this groundbreaking public art memorial.
• Small Towns, Black Lives
Southern New Jersey is home to several historically black communities featured in an exhibit and a book, both called "Small Towns, Black Lives." Over a ten-year period, Stockton College professor and photographer Wendel A. White created documentary photos and text that provide a complex look at the people, businesses, historic landmarks, landscapes, and other features that make up communities such as Whitesboro and Lawnside. State of the Arts producer Eric Schultz goes on location with White, and meets some of the subjects of his photographs.
The current episode of State of the Arts can be viewed online at www.njn.net. Individual stories will be available to view following their broadcast by visiting the program online at State of the Arts.
Funding for State of the Arts is provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. The series producer is Susan Wallner and the executive producer is Nila Aronow.
NJN is available on all New Jersey cable systems, satellite systems, and Time Warner Cable channel 750 in NYC.
State of the Arts is also available via video streaming at njn.net after the original broadcast.
Additionally, the program is repeated on NJN’s JerseyVision available on Comcast Digital Cable in New Jersey.
(Check http://www.njn.net/digital/schedule.html for detailed listings.)
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