MLK Symposium

  1. January 8, 2018

    Panel to highlight health partnership to help LGBTQ youth

    A partnership between the Ruth Ellis Center and the Henry Ford Health System that aims to improve the long-term health outcomes of LGBTQ youth is the topic of a panel discussion.

  2. January 8, 2018

    SMTD performance to celebrate musical life of African Americans

    “Out of the Silence” will celebrate the musical life of African Americans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and showcase seldom-heard works by several black American composers.

  3. January 8, 2018

    No Safety Net talk to examine social justice and theater

    Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine and dramaturg and producer P. Carl will discuss the relationship between theater and social justice, as well as how theater-making is an act of citizenship.

  4. January 8, 2018

    James Forman Jr. to discuss incarceration and black leaders

    James Forman Jr., a Yale Law School professor and former public defender, will argue how the decisions of black leaders played a role in the mass incarceration of people of color.

  5. January 8, 2018

    Author, actor Hill Harper to deliver symposium keynote

    Award-winning actor, best-selling author and philanthropist Hill Harper will deliver the 32nd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium keynote memorial lecture.

  6. January 8, 2018

    Adewale Troutman to deliver Health Sciences Lecture

    Adewale Troutman, a health equity advocate and public health expert, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Health Sciences Lecture.

  7. January 8, 2018

    ‘Porgy and Bess’ symposium to tackle cultural appropriation

    The multi-day “Porgy and Bess” symposium will explore the issues of race, representation and cultural appropriation that surround this iconic 20th century American opera.

  8. January 8, 2018

    Emory professor to explore concept of white rage

    Carol Anderson, an Emory University professor and author, will discuss white rage and its role in history during the Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture.

  9. January 8, 2018

    Carillonist to use music against silence

    A historic work of carillon music penned by African-American composer Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson will ring across campus as part of “Music Against Silence.” Tiffany Ng, university carillonist and assistant professor of carillon, will perform Nelson’s 1973 “Carillon Dances.”

  10. January 8, 2018

    MLK Symposium 2018 calendar of events

    A list of many of the events scheduled for the 2018 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.