The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity invites you to attend the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Wednesday, February 15 from 4-5:30 p.m.

Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president emeritus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will deliver a lecture titled ‘Reflections on American Higher Education: Lessons Learned From Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.’

This event will take place in Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Martinos Auditorium, and will also be presented virtually via livestream. Closed captioning will be provided.

Registration is required for this event.

About the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Brown University on multiple occasions in the 1960s, including an April 1967 visit less than one year before his death, where he delivered an impassioned speech on the Vietnam War and civil rights in the U.S. The Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, organized by the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, was established at Brown in 1996, with former New York Mayor David Dinkins as the inaugural speaker.

Past lecturers have included author and activist Cornel West; activist and educator Angela Davis; President and CEO of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price; community therapist, poet and filmmaker Lee Mun Wah; Professor Emerita of Emory University and President Emerita of Spelman College Johnetta B. Cole; Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Randall Kennedy; President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund Michael Lomax; and Chicana activist and author Elizabeth Martinez.