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Created 3 Oct 2011
Israel-Passages of Martin Luther King
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![P. Michael Williams descends into the the crypt at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Hundreds of Christians make the journey daily into the Grotto of the Nativity where a silver star marks the spot where Mary is believed to have given birth to Jesus of Nazareth. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000gop4gwjmD84/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000gop4gwjmD84.jpg)
![Pinned to the side of the cargo van by the mountain of luggage transported by the gospel singers P. Michael Williams peers out the window at the out skirts of Tel Aviv and Israel. "It felt like a dream." said Williams. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000xcfQ8cAZVi4/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000xcfQ8cAZVi4.jpg)
![(03/12/2011 JERUSALEM) Minutes after arriving in the Tel Aviv airport P. Michael Williams, September Penn, Aleta Hayes, Jessica Re Phillips and Chelsi Butler sing "Ain't Gonna let Nobody" a gospel song from the Passages of Martin Luther King play. This would be the groups first song together as a choir in Israel. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000yXN0XPSbh2g/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000yXN0XPSbh2g.jpg)
![(03/14/2011 JERUSALEM) Gospel singers Steve Wilson September Penn and Chelsi Butler walk the streets of Jerusalem among the traditionally dressed Arab women on a sight seeing tour of the city. It was the first time in Jerusalem for the gospel choir members. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000U.ataCyn3dw/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000U.ataCyn3dw.jpg)
![(03/14/2011 JERUSALEM) P. Michael Williams sits quietly waiting for the day of sightseeing and rehearsal to begin inside the lobby of the historic Jerusalem Hotel in Jerusalem. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000y4ZYzUOCQYE/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000y4ZYzUOCQYE.jpg)
![(03/14/2011 JERUSALEM) Steve Wilson smells the fresh hummus, listens to the feet shuffling on the cobble stone streets as he takes in the sights of Jerusalem's Old City. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I00003lu1KnC347U/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I00003lu1KnC347U.jpg)
![(03/14/2011 JERUSALEM) Fruits, vegetables, meats and other goods are sold inside the Christian Quarter's market at Jerusalem's Old City. The Christian Quarter is also the home of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified, laid to rest in a tomb and also rose from the dead. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000oa6zEz7hxUQ/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000oa6zEz7hxUQ.jpg)
![(03/15/2011 JERUSALEM) P. Michael Williams entertains the choir members as he plays a mock keyboard during the first day of choir rehearsal in Jerusalem for the cast of Passages of Martin Luther King. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I00001GESMNpaX6c/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I00001GESMNpaX6c.jpg)
![(03/12/2011 JERUSALEM) P. Michael Wiliams looks up to the ascending stairs leading to Calvary, the place where Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. "After this trip I will never be the same." said Williams. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000LI0k7TnXA4I/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000LI0k7TnXA4I.jpg)
![(03/15/2011 JERUSALEM) Ramzi Maqdisi who plays Martin Luther King Jr. in the play relaxes on stage as he listens to Kamel El Basha the director of the play along with the rest of the cast. This was the first rehearsal for the Passages of Martin Luther King cast at the El Hakawati Theatre in Jerusalem.[WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000ar7Db9D2z5M/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000ar7Db9D2z5M.jpg)
![(03/15/2011 JERUSALEM) Stanford University professor and historian Dr. Clayborne Carson and the site director Kamel El Basha discuss the play Passages of Martin Luther King at the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem. The two shared their thoughts during the first day of combined rehearsal between the Palestinian actors and the American gospel choir. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000Cf64pERk5z0/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000Cf64pERk5z0.jpg)
![(03/16/2011 Bethlehem) American singer, Re' Phillips, 22 looks and listens to Sami Awad, Executive Director of Holy Land Trust, as he tells a story about a home in Beit Jala, on a trip to West Bank. Awad describes a situation in which the Israelis have put up barbed wire fencing to gain control of a Palestinian home in the West Bank. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I00001.L3XzyyJds/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I00001.L3XzyyJds.jpg)
![(03/16/2011 JERUSALEM) Standing in front of the barrier wall that separates the West Bank from Jerusalem and Israelis from Palestinians, September Penn breaks down and weeps outside the home of Mitri Michael Ghenaim's home. The barrier wall was built less then 20 feet from Ghenaim's home in the West Bank. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000QrAt2EMfudo/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000QrAt2EMfudo.jpg)
![(03/26/11 West Bank) The Al Amari Refugee Camp for Palestinians in the town of Al Bireh on Jerusalem Road in the West Bank. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000n2T30axN0mk/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000n2T30axN0mk.jpg)
![(03/27/2011 JERUSALEM) It is a quiet Sunday morning in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where before the days end thousands will have descended upon the church in the Christian section of the Old City. This is believed to be the place where Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000j2KQz7UXKmI/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000j2KQz7UXKmI.jpg)
![(03/16/2011 JERUSALEM) [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000f.x6D3cD9ng/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000f.x6D3cD9ng.jpg)
![(03/27/2011 JERUSALEM) A lone person runs through the Christian quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000q_ANL2vtuhA/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000q_ANL2vtuhA.jpg)
![(03/22/2011 JERUSALEM) P. Michael Williams (center) croons along with American and Palestinian members of the cast in Passages of Martin Luther King on opening night at the National Palestinian Theater in Jerusalem.[WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.]](https://www.williejallenjr.com/img-get2/I0000HfYFYBmZfpY/fit=/fill=180x180/g=G00005N8683CIFIM/I0000HfYFYBmZfpY.jpg)