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Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK in D.C.

UChicago expands annual MLK Day of Service to weeklong event

Jan 15, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr.

Isabel Wilkerson reflects on MLK’s legacy as ‘the father of American democracy’

Jan 15, 2021
Isabel Wilkerson

Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson to speak at UChicago’s MLK commemoration

Dec 14, 2020
Rev. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Otis Moss III

Rev. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Otis Moss III to speak at UChicago’s MLK commemoration

Jan 16, 2020
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‘We believe in freedom; we will not rest’

Jan 21, 2019
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Civil rights leaders to speak at Jan. 15 MLK commemoration

Jan 10, 2019
Timuel Black

Civil rights leader to discuss MLK legacy on April 4 at Rockefeller Chapel

Apr 2, 2018

Fighting for civil rights and inclusion

Jan 18, 2018

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Journalist and activist Dorothy Butler Gilliam to speak at MLK commemoration

Jan 9, 2018

MLK celebration to feature keynote by lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson

Jan 5, 2017
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