On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 3 p.m., the Tennessee Theatre, Beck Cultural Exchange Center and Knoxville Area Urban League have partnered to host a free event in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 55th anniversary of the desegregation of the Tennessee Theatre.

Titled “What Real Courage Is,” the program will include a civil rights panel discussion and screening of the film “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the historic theatre on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.

The panel will discuss the climate of Knoxville in the 1960s when “To Kill a Mockingbird” was being shown in theaters and also will cover perspectives and insights from today’s African-American youth in the community.

Featured panelists include:

• Bob Booker, civil rights activist, former Knoxville City Councilman and state legislator and nonprofit director

• Katy Jeffers, a freshman at East High School when it was integrated in 1964

• Quineka Moten, director of education and youth services at the Knoxville Area Urban League

Phyllis Y. Nichols, president and CEO of the Knoxville Area Urban League, will moderate the panel.

Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and the panel discussion will begin at 3 p.m.

The film screening starts immediately following the panel. The 1962 three-time Oscar-winning film “To Kill a Mockingbird” starred Gregory Peck, who received the Oscar for best actor in a leading role for his portrayal of lawyer Atticus Finch, the character made famous by author Harper Lee.