US Embassy Bamako Hosts Party for US Citizen Children in Mali

Ambassador McCulley Poses with U.S. Citizen Children at the US Embassy Consular Section

On Thursday, January 16, 2007, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the U.S. Embassy organized a party for U.S. citizen children.  This free party gave U.S. citizen children residing in Mali, and their parents -- many of whom are Malian citizens--an opportunity to learn more about Dr. King via fun games and activities.  The event also gave participants an opportunity to visit the new U.S. Embassy, to meet Embassy staff, including Ambassador McCulley, and to learn more about the United States.  

Americans honor the life and achievements of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968), the 1964 Nobel Peace laureate and the individual most associated with the triumphs of the African-American civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s.

As political organizer, supremely skilled orator and advocate of nonviolent protest, King was pivotal in persuading his fellow Americans to end the legal segregation that prevailed throughout the South and parts of other regions, and in sparking support for the civil rights legislation that established the legal framework for racial equality in the United States. (more)