The Center for African American History and Culture invites you to attend its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance. "Jack O'Dell: Just a Human Rights Foot Soldier" features a conversation with James Early and musical statements by Luci Murphy and Friends.

Jack O’Dell is currently Consultant on International Affairs to the National Rainbow Coalition. He worked with Dr. Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as director of voter registration in seven Southern states, from 1961 to 1963. He also directed SCLC’s New York office, raising money to support the movement in the South.

Luci Murphy is a native of D.C. where she is a vocalist who often leads group singing. To reach the members of our diverse human family, Luci sings in ten languages: English, Spanish, French, Creole, Portuguese, Zulu, Arabic, Hebrew, Cherokee, and ki-Swahili. She draws on the folkloric traditions and musical idioms of all these cultures, as well as her own roots in Spirituals, Blues and Jazz.

It's on Thursday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m., at the National Museum of Natural History (Constitution Avenue at 10th Street NW). RSVP to 202/287-3382 or AMRSVP@si.edu.