Tacoma SDS

MLK/Historic K Street Walking Tour

Historic Tacoma and the Tacoma Historical Society are collaborating to give a free guided walking tour of MLK and K Streets. Guides will discuss the past, present, and future of the district, concentrating on the historic neighborhood identity and community preservation initiatives. Highlights of the tour will include the Historic K Street Business District, Johnson Candy Company, historic churches and meeting halls, and Tacoma Medical Center.

Mmmm … We do like our Johnson Candy.

Details
July 19, 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tacoma Sixth Avenue Business District invites you to Labor Day Coffee & Conversation at Origin 23 (Firehouse Coffee), 3518 Sixth Avenue and Union Avenue, Tacoma.

Michael Honey, University of Washington, Tacoma, Haley Professor of Humanities, will speak on his acclaimed new book Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign (New York: WW Norton, 2007), and current race and labor relations.