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2026
MAKE A CAREER OF HUMANITY
Keynote Speakers: Soledad O'Brien, Award-Winning Journalist and Documentarian
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, Advocate for Science and Technology Education for African Americans
UNCF Remarks: Laverne McCartney Knighton, Area Development Director, UNCF
Chair: Marcus Shaw, General Mills Human Resources Director, Supply Chain
Special Guest Performer: Billy Steele
Community Awards: Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center Ballroom
Attendance: 1760
If you missed the event live, or want to watch it again, the recording of the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast is here.
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“
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. This is triumphant music."
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
opening address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival, commissioned for the festival program
