Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

·         The Home Depot is working to build a permanent exhibition home for the personal writings and papers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

·         To help meet this goal, The Home Depot has created a “Dream” gift card to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the advancement of his dream.

·         Purchase a “Dream” gift card beginning January 15 through February 28 and The Home Depot will donate five percent of all sales to the Center for Civil and Human Rights, up to one million dollars. 

 

We have partnered with the Home Depot to offer our readers a chance to win a $50.00 gift card. All you have to do is to share with us a fast fact about Black History Month and email it to  fgerald@wegotyourblack.com through Feb. 28 for a chance to win the card.

 

·         Consumers can purchase a “Dream” gift card at any The Home Depot store or online at homedepot.com/dream to help build a permanent home for the personal papers of Dr. King.

·         The Home Depot is proud to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the advancement of his dream. Right now you can visit youtube.com/homedepot and hear a personal message from Atlanta’s Mayor Shirley Franklin and The Home Depot’s Executive Vice President of Stores Marvin Ellison about this mission.

·         Print ads will be featured in Atlanta and Washington D.C. based newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal Constitution (1/21), Atlanta Inquirer (1/ 17) and Washington Post (1/21).

·         The Home Depot January 15th circular will include a section on the front page dedicated to the “Dream” gift card.

·         Marvin Ellison, The Home Depot executive vice president of U.S. Stores, will be featured on The Steve Harvey Morning Show on Thursday, January 15 to discuss this initiative.

More about the King papers:

·         In June 2006, The Home Depot helped to bring the King Papers to Atlanta by donating $1 million to help acquire the historic papers.

·         The extensive collection of original documents by Dr. King includes more than 10,000 items, among them 7,000 handwritten notes. The papers span 1946 to 1968, an especially active period in King’s life, and include drafts of his “I Have a Dream” speech, his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” other theological writings and his Nobel Peace Prize addresses. The King Papers will be a critical part of the exhibition offering of The Center for Civil and Human Rights

 

We will post the winner once the contest is over.