Annual Martin Luther King Jr., celebration to be held in KCK

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- The Reverend Doctor Forrest E. Harris, president of the American Baptist College located in Nashville, Tennessee, will be the keynote speaker for the 2015 Kansas City, Kansas Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration.

Addressing the theme, "Hands Up for Peace; Hands Up For Justice; Hands Up For God!", Dr. Harris will deliver his keynote message at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 19, 2015, at the Jack Reardon Civic Center located at 500 Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, KS.

Dr. Forrest E. Harris is nationally recognized as being one of the most progressive scholars, theological educators and visionary for prophetic Christianity in the Black Church tradition.