Stamford's Ferguson Library Holds Workshop Based On MLK Speeches

STAMFORD, Conn. – Actor and writer David Mills will present "I Have a Dream," a performance and writing workshop based around some of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speeches.

Ferguson Library is in Stamford, Conn.
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Cassandra Huerta

01/13/2015 4:00 a.m.

The event will take place at the Ernest A. DiMattia Jr. Building of The Ferguson Library on Saturday, at 2 p.m. Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday.

Mills will perform several of King's speeches, including “I Have a Dream,” “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” and “Promised Land.” There will also be a writing workshop using excerpts from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

Mills has worked professionally in the dramatic and literary communities for more than a decade. He has had memberships in the Screen Actor's Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Actors’ Equity. He has performed in both regional and New York theaters playing roles such as "Othello," (Vineyard Playhouse) and "Gabriel," in August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Fences."

The Ernest A. DiMattia Jr. Building of The Ferguson Library is at Bedford and Broad streets in Stamford. For more information, call 203-351-8231. All library programs are supported by the Friends of The Ferguson Library.

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