DuSable Museum kicks off Martin Luther King Jr. weekend with deeper look at the civil rights icon

Kevin Powell, an activist, writer and poet who is nominated for a Grammy, holds his book, “The Kevin Powell Reader,” during a talk Saturday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s life at The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

People of all ages packed a small room at the DuSable Museum Saturday to catch Kevin Powell’s presentation on Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the civil rights icon’s birthday.

But it was the presence of children in the first two rows that invigorated the Brooklyn-based author, filmmaker and activist.