DON MIZELL, ESQ.: Was the featured speaker during Monday’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch, which this year honored the legacies of the late Vera Rolle Farrington, who founded the Spady Museum, and King. The St. John Primitive Baptist Church Praise Team, below, also performed. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MASTERWING CREATIVE AGENCY
Delray Beach – The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum welcomed more than 350 guests to celebrate the legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Vera Rolle Farrington at its signature Dr. King Brunch.
Held Jan. 20 at Indian Spring Country Club, the event featured musical performances by the St. John Primitive Baptist Church Praise Team, and a dramatic performance by actor Tiffany Terrell, who portrayed voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Guest speaker Don Mizell, Esq. regaled the audience with behind-thescenes stories of how famed musician Stevie Wonder helped spearhead the creation of the King national holiday.
At the heart of the event was a remembrance of Spady Museum founder, the late Vera Farrington, who passed on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. She was 95 years old.
Her daughter, Charlene Farrington, serves as executive director of the non-profit organization that preserves and shares local African American history with Delray Beach Black archives, exhibits, bus tours, walking tours, commemorative events and youth mentoring.
“In honor of my mother, we will continue to bring people together around Black history,” Farrington said.
The Spady House will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2026. The museum staff has plans for a series of private and public fundraisers in 2025 to ensure that the “House Still Stands” in Delray Beach.
The brunch was sponsored by The Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners; the Tourist Development Council; the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County; the City of Delray Beach; Eric’s Wrench of Delray Beach; and the Kiwanis Club of Delray Beach. Visit spadymuseum.com.
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