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MLK Week 2022: Becoming the beloved community

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MLK Week is underway at the U! Check out the full list of events including the MLK evening with the arts, book discussion, keynote address and more.

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January 17, 2022

4 books to celebrate MLK week

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Get ready for MLK week at the U by checking out these recommended reads.

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January 11, 2022

Did you know John Lewis spoke at the U?

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If you haven’t been at the U for at least five years, you may not know that we had the privilege to hear from U.S. Rep. John Lewis on campus in 2015.

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January 14, 2021

Sign up to serve

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In-person and online volunteer opportunities are available.

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January 8, 2021

Agents of change

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A recap of the 2020 MLK Week keynote address from Aisha Moodie-Mills.

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February 13, 2020

Face everything and rise

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Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Week at the U, the planning committee chair describes how they came up with the 2020 theme.

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January 10, 2020

The power of grassroots movements

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The U’s 35th annual MLK Week celebration features writer, community organizer and queer feminist Charlene Carruthers.

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January 11, 2019

MLK WEEK: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM

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The 34th annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has become a platform to engage students, faculty, staff and community members in critical conversations around contemporary civil rights issues and issues surrounding race and racism in America.

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January 5, 2018

WHEN RACIAL ACTIVISM HITS HOME

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U professor William A. Smith says his father’s work with MLK and Jesse Jackson influences his own academic and community service.

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January 5, 2018

PROMOTING ART THROUGH JUSTICE

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Groundbreaking sculpture by artist Edgar Arceneaux to be unveiled.

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September 22, 2017

MLK WEEK EXPLORES SYSTEMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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McArthur Genius Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers keynote address.

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January 13, 2017

MLK WEEK EXPLORES YOUTH ACTIVISM

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Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli to give keynote address.

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January 15, 2016

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