The Stillman College Choir presents A Musical Tribute to The Letter from a Birmingham Jail March 9 and 10 with performances at New Liberation Presbyterian Church, 1100 Divisadero in San Francisco and Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road, Portola Valley.
Saturday events begin with a meeting of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus at 10 a.m. at New Liberation with the concert beginning at noon. Assisting the three dozen singers from Tuscaloosa, AL directed by Jocqueline Richardson are high school students from Project Level at the African-American Art & Culture Complex and Boy Scout Troop 14 of Calvary Presbyterian Church reading excerpts of the Letter.
Sunday events begin with Adult Education at Valley Presbyterian at 9:45 on Black Presbyterians and the Abolition Movement led by Stillman Trustee John William Templeton. The Choir joins Valley's choir and bellringers for the morning worship at 10:45 a.m. and presents the second rendition of A Musical Tribute to The Letter from a Birmingham Jail in concert at 3 p.m. at the church.
Stillman's impact on the Bay Area includes alumnus Dennis Driver, who serves as board chair; and Dr. Condoleeza Rice, whose father was dean of students and whose grandfather graduated from Stillman after paying his freshman tuition with cotton. To help produce more such standouts, visit stillman.edu/about-us/donations and select the Stillman California Concert Tour option by March 5 to have your support listed in the concert program.