King Arts Complex to salute Beattys

Husband and wife Joyce and Otto Beatty Jr. will be honored by the King Arts Complex at its annual Legends & Legacies awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the center’s Pythian Theater, 867 Mount Vernon Ave.

Joyce Beatty, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, also served five terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. Otto Beatty Jr., who served 19 years in the Ohio House, is also a former president of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association.

The Legends & Legacies program honors those who “have shown their commitment to freedom through their efforts in social justice, human rights, cultural democracy, artistic excellence and service.”