Former NBA Player's Talk Headlines Windsor's Tribute to Dr. King

This holiday weekend Windsor has the opportunity to remember the message preached by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: impartiality on the basis of race or ethnicity and non-violence.

King's legacy will be remembered this weekend throughout town, but two events in particular headline tributes paid in his honor.

On Sat., Jan. 15, Christ the King Lutheran Church will pay tribute to Dr. King with a special celebration at 6 p.m. The celebration will include spirituals and gospel music performed by the choir of Hartford's Phillips Metropolitan C.M.E. Church.

On Mon., Jan. 17, the public is invited to attend a special talk at Loomis Chaffee given by former NBA player John Amaechi. The talk, paying tribute to Dr. King's legacy, is titled "Embracing the Dream: Multiple Identities and Cross-cultural Perspectives." 

Amaechi, who is the first and only British player to be inducted into the basketball hall of fame, is now a psychologist, best-selling author of Man in the Middle (his autobiography) and spokesperson for human rights.

The first NBA player to openly identify himself as gay, Amaechi, works to improve international human rights, serving as an ambassador for Amnesty International and taking to the road on an extensive motivational speaking tour that has included Fortune-500 companies and educational institutions around the world.

The talk will be held in Loomis Chaffee's Hubbard Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public.