Duke Ellington in His Concert of Sacred Music Title: The 100th Anniversary Celebration "Good News for Modern Man" Benefit performance for the Tougaloo College Library Fund Prior to the start of the concert, civil rights leader Robert Moses made an announcement from stage that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had just been shot in Memphis; the concert was then dedicated to the memory of Dr. King. benefit performance choir and orchestra performance 1968-04-04T20:15:00