The Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity and the MLK Week Committee at UNC Pembroke recently announced events for MLK Week.
MLK Week recognizes the accomplishments of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and fosters conversations about social justice, civic issues and engagement in the community. For more information about these events visit www.uncp.edu/mlk or contact the Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity at 910.521.6508 or osid@uncp.edu.
17th May 1957: Back view of American civil rights leader and Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., dressed in black robes and holding out his hands towards the thousands of people who have gathered to hear him speak near the Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC during the Prayer Pilgrimage.
Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Throngs of mourners crowd the streets in Atlanta after the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. King galvanized support for the civil rights movement of the 1960's with his eloquence and organization of peaceful demonstrations.
I Have A Dream... Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech standing at the podium at the Washington Monument on August 28, 1993.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes the hand of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) at the signing of the Civil Rights Act while officials look on, Washington DC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
USA. Selma, Alabama. 1965. Martin Luther KING Jr. smiles triumphantly after a Montgomery federal judge granted permission to begin the Selma to Montgomery March.
USA. Baltimore, Maryland. 1963. Reverand Martin Luther KING Jr's tour after he received the Nobel prize for peace.
USA. Washington, D.C. 1963. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther KING Jr. salutes the flag between Whitney YOUNG Jr., of the Urban League, and (NYC16262). Magnum Photos, 1963.
