Nashville Mosque to Host Lectures on Malcom X and MLK, Jr.

The Islamic Center of Nashville will host an open house and lecture Saturday, focused on the lives and legacies of Malcom X and Martin Luther King, Jr. The event, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of Malcom X's assassination, will be held from 10;30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the mosque at 2515 12th Ave. S. Lewis V. Baldwin, a Baptist minister and Vanderbilt University professor, and Amiri al-Hadid, a Muslim Tennessee State University professor, will be the event's keynote speakers. They are