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International Civil Rights Walk of Fame Exhibit

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The last leg of the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame  Exhibit (ICRWFE) will stop in Los Angeles, April 3-12, at the Museum of  African American Art (MAAA) in Macys at the Baldwin HIlls Crenshaw  Plaza.
The exhibit hails from the Martin Luther King Jr. National  Historic Site in Atlanta and is comprised of granite and bronze  footprints from footwear donated by civil right greats. Macys sponsors  the traveling exhibit which now arrives in Los Angeles.
On display  will be a collection of shoes donated by past and present inductees into  the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc.s ICRWFE. The exhibit will include  13 pairs of shoes from Lerone Bennett Jr., Senator Edward Williams  Brooks III, Xernona Clayton, Sammy Davis Jr., Mayor Shirley Franklin,  Dr. Benjamine Lawson Hooks, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Attorney Clarence  B. Jones, Congressman John Robert Lewis, Councilman Bernard Parks, Rev.  Fred Shuttlesworth, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and the  Honorable  Douglas Wilder.
MAAA is open daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. A special  community day is planned for Sunday, April 6, 2-6 p.m. with live  entertainment.
ICRWFE was founded by Xernona Clayton who is  president/CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc. and  creator/executive producer of the Foundations Trumpet Awards. Macys  Inc. is a founding sponsor of the Trumpet Awards.
MAAA is located in  Macys at 4005 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008.  (323) 294-7071   www.maaa-la.org.

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