Freedom Center Receives Drum Major for Justice Award
”Just say that I was a Drum Major for Justice…” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Easter weekend, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will be honored at the 31st Annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner in Atlanta, Georgia, presented by the SCLC/Women’s Organization Movement for Equality Now, Inc.
In honor of the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner pays tribute to present day “Drum Majors” – individuals and organizations who have made major contributions to the cause of freedom, advancing equality, and achievement in their professional fields.
Donald Murphy, President and CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, will accept the “Keeper of the Legacy” Award. Previous Drum Major for Justice honorees include Rosa Parks, The Original Tuskegee Airmen, Maya Angelou, Bill Cosby, and Oprah Winfrey.
“It is truly an honor to be recognized as a “Keeper of the Legacy” at the Drum Major for Justice Awards. The purpose of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is to inspire people to action, in the spirit of the 19th Century Abolitionists, to pursue justice and freedom for all people,” Murphy said.
The SCLC/ Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (W.O.M.E.N.) was founded in 1979 by Evelyn Gibson Lowery, to champion the rights of women, children, families, and responding to the problems of the disenfranchised regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, or religion.
