Jan. 7, 1999																	
Contact: Katherine Jackson
(804) 924-3629


MARTIN LUTHER KING BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT U.VA. 
WILL BE HELD ON JAN. 25

	The second annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s
birthday at the University of Virginia will be held Monday, Jan. 25, at
8 p.m. in Cabell Hall Auditorium. (The U.S. celebration is Jan. 18,
before classes begin.)
	The keynote address will be given by the Rev. Brenda
Brown-Grooms, a 1977 U.Va. graduate, who pastors the First Baptist
Church in Natural Bridge.  The Charlottesville native will discuss
"Vision and (Re)Visioning at the Crossroads of the Millennium."
Brown-Grooms is also a well-known storyteller and performance artist
whose dramatic portrayals have included Sally Hemings. 
	Some other local participants in the 1999 celebration include
the dance group Chihamba, the Youth Alive Center Children's Choir and
U.Va.'s African Drum and Dance Ensemble.
	The program is sponsored by the Equal Opportunity Programs
office, the Corcoran Department of History, the McIntire Department of
Music, the Office of African-American Affairs, the Office of the Vice
President for Student Affairs and the Women's Studies Program.

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	For more information, contact Kyra D. Gaunt, assistant professor
of music, at (804) 924-3052 or e-mail her at kg6j@virginia.edu
Television reporters should contact U.Va.'s TV News Office at (804)
924-7550.