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History and Archives

History

• The King Holiday: A Chronology

Archives

• 2007
• • Keynote Speaker: Kweisi Mfume
    • • Video { 69 minutes | .wmv }
    • • Audio { 69 minutes | .mp3 }
  • Theme Statement: Building the Beloved Community
  • Opening Lecture: Frank Wu
    • • Video { 87 minutes | .wmv }
    • • Audio { 87 minutes | .mp3 }
  • Ross School of Business lecture: Dr. Julianne Malveaux
    • • Video { 52 minutes | .wmv }
    • • Audio { 52 minutes | .mp3 }
  • Closing Lecture: Tim Wise
    • • Video { 92 minutes | .wmv }
    • • Audio { 92 minutes | .mp3 }
• 2006
• • Keynote Speaker: Anna Deavere Smith
  • Theme Statement: A Time To Break Silence
  • Historical Essay: Rosa Parks on Dr. King
  • Click here to download the Commemorative Brochure. (Please note: Requires Adobe Reader. File size is 17MB; may take several minutes to download on slower connections.)
• 2005
• • Keynote Speaker: Henry Cisneros
  • Theme Statement: "...but we have not learned The Simple Art of Living Together..."
  • Historical Essay: "True to Our God, True to Our Native Land," by Professor Ralph Williams
• 2004
• • Keynote Speaker: Lani Guinier
  • Theme Statement: "Still Separate? Still Unequal? Brown v. the Board of Education, 50 Years Later..."
  • Historical Essay: "Remembering Little Rock, 1957," by Lester P. Monts, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Senior Counselor to the President for the Arts, Diversity, and Undergraduate Affairs, Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology)
• 2003
• • Keynote Speaker: Grace Lee Boggs
  • Theme Statement: "We must be the change we wish to see in the world."
  • Historical Essay: "Musings on MLK Day," by Dores McCree
• 2002
• • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Carson
  • Theme Statement: "Honoring, Challenging, and Living"
  • Historical Essay: Historical Reflection, by James Duderstadt, University of Michigan President Emeritus & Director of the Millennium Project
• 2001
• • Keynote Speaker: Edward James Olmos, Actor and Humanitarian
  • Theme Statement: "Commitment and Renewal"
  • Historical Essay: "Reflections on the MLK Day National Holiday MLK Symposium," by John Matlock, Associate Vice Provost & Director, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives
• 2000
• • Keynote Speaker: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Director of African American Studies, Harvard University
  • Theme Statement: "Shattering Barriers Transcending Borders"
  • Historical Essay: "What If: A Historical Reflection on Martin Luther King," by Kevin Gaines, Associate Professor, Department of History and Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
• 1999
• • Keynote Speaker: Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Author and Essayist
  • Theme Statement: "On The Verge of a New Millennium... STAND!"
  • Historical Essay: "A Historic Perspective on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," by Ahmad A. Rahman, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History
• 1998
• • Keynote Speaker: Cornel West, Professor of African American Studies and Religion, Harvard University
• 1997
• • Keynote Speaker: Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson of the US Commission on Civil Rights
• 1996
• • Keynote Speaker: Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General
• 1995
• • Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Hooks, Executive Director of the NAACP
• 1994
• • Keynote Speaker: Charles Long, Director for Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 1993
• • Keynote Speaker: Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Representative, State of New York
• 1992
• • Keynote Speaker: Maulana Karenga, Director of Black Studies, California State University, Long Beach
• 1991
• • Keynote Speaker: Adelaide Sanford, Regent, State University of New York
• 1990
• • Keynote Speaker: Cesar Chavez, President, United Farm Workers Union; & Kevin Locke, Traditional Native American Dancer and Musician, Lakota Nation
• 1989
• • Keynote Speaker: Willie Brown Jr., Mayor, City of San Francisco, California
• 1988
• • Keynote Speaker: Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia
• 1987
• • Keynote Speaker: William Gray III, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

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