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SCLC to Host "The Civil Rights Presidential Inaugural Ball" and MLK Unity Prayer Breakfast

Barack Obama. The Dream Come True

The Civil Rights Presidential Inaugural Gala - "The Dream Come True"

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com 1/8/09) - Forty five years ago, SCLC founder Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, had a dream. He foresaw the day in which the greatness of America would be realized...a day where Americans would be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin.

Together with the NAACP, CORE, A. Phillip Randolph Institute, labor unions, and the SCLC, Dr. King marched on Washington and elsewhere to make the dream a reality. "The election of Barack Obama as the 44th President is a historic milestone in the realization of this dream" says National President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

In celebration, SCLC will host "The Civil Rights Presidential Inaugural Ball" on the evening of January 20, 2009 featuring some of the nation's civil rights pioneers who helped pave the way for this remarkable day. The Black Tie GALA will take place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 from 7:30 pm to 1:00 am at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024.

The host committee which includes; Southern Christian Leadership Conference, A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), MLK National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., National Action Network, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW), Rainbow Push Coalition and other leaders of justice invites you to celebrate this magical day with a spiritual retrospective look at its long and windy road and join them for this once-in-a-lifetime gala.

Tickets for the Gala are $175.00 each and are tax deductible; the price includes cost for Live Entertainment and Hors d'oeuvres. For more information call 404-522-1420 or log online at www.thedreamcometrue2008.com

The SCLC Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Prayer Breakfast will take place on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 9:30 am at the same location. The MLK Unity Prayer Breakfast will serve as an historic prelude to the first African-American President Barack Obama being sworn into the office as the 44th President of the United States. This event will also serve as a platform to recognize and pay tribute to many of the organizations and individuals that participated in the 1963 March on Washington. Ironically, this event will be held on the same day that our nation honors and recognize Martin L. King, Jr.

Invited guests includes many of those on the front line during the civil rights struggle as well as those who have continued the battle, they include; Martin L. King, III, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharton, Eric Holder, Bill Lucy, Ms. Dorothy Height, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Ms. Cleola Brown, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Congressman John Lewis, Juanita Abernathy, Amelia Boyton Robinson and others.

The MLK Unity Breakfast will honor and pay tribute to the NAACP, CORE, A. Phillip Randolph Institute, AFL-CIO, and the National Council of Negro Women. "SCLC must mark this moment with great pride, honor and justice. For today, we stand on the shoulders of so many who bled and died for this moment of witness of which we consecrate with joy and commitment," adds Steele.

Tickets for the MLK Unity Breakfast are $25.00 (Limited Seating) and $250.00 per table. Contemporary gospel artist Tonex will perform live at the breakfast. For ticket information call 404-522-1420 or log online at www.thedreamcometrue2008.com

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