The Lyke House drummers accompany Emefa Selormey during the performance of a traditional African dance. A native of Ghana, she is a senior art major at Clark-Atlanta University.
(Photos by Michael Alexander)

Rev. Mr. Ricardo Bailey, a candidate for priesthood, is the inspirational speaker for the youth and young adult celebration honoring Dr. King, which capped off a weekend celebration sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministry.

Four-year-old Khloe Starling sits between her parents during a King celebration Jan. 19 at Lyke House, the Catholic Center at the Atlanta University Center. Khloe's older sister Kyleah, a seventh-grader at St. John Neumann Regional School, Lilburn, gave a dramatic reading of Dr. Martin Luther King's sermon, "The Drum Major Instinct," delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church by the minister and civil rights activist in the last year of his life. The Starling family belongs to Corpus Christi Church, Stone Mountain.

Members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Holy Steps Liturgical Dancers perform to the late John Lennon's song "Imagine." The dancers from the Decatur parish are under the leadership of their director Kim Milbourne. Our Lady of Lourdes Amazing Grace Liturgical Dancers also performed.

St. Thomas More School kindergartners (l-r) Fred and Liam Torpy, Aurelia Williams and Sebastian Roman join classmates in singing "Peace Time" during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. youth and young adult celebration Jan. 19. It was held at Lyke House, the Catholic Center at the Atlanta University Center. The Decatur students, directed by Kathy Merritt, later joined everyone in singing the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome."