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Martin Luther King Day 2008

Yes We Can!

Welcome and Opening Songs

Jonathan Overby of Wisconsin Public Radio hosts the 2008 28th Annual State of Wisconsin Tribute & Ceremony to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from the Capitol rotunda in Madison. This year's theme is "Yes We Can!"

In this first segment: Opening welcome by UW Chancellor David Wilson; invocation by Rev. Louis Sibley III; music by Jonathan Overby, UW-Madison Gospel Choir and Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble; dance/drumming by Ton Ko-Thi Children's Performing Ensemble.

Recorded Jan. 21, 2008

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