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From The Newsroom: Bringing MLK's Words To The Page - And The Stage; High Schoolers Bank

John R. Strange
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Dallas Institute For Humanities And Culture
'The 67th Book Of The Bible' drew a sold-out crowd to Dallas City Performance Hall last night. Kenneisha Thompson portrayed SCLC worker Willie Pearl and Vontress Mitchell portrayed her boss, Wyatt Tee Walker.

Top stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks again through the civil rights workers who deciphered his famous letter from Birmingham Jail – via a young Dallas playwright. Hear excerpts from Jonathan Norton's 'The 67th Book Of The Bible' - and visit a bank run by Conrad High School students. 

Lyndsay Knecht is assistant producer for Think.