“The Dream 50 Years Later – What Does It Mean?”
The 50th Anniversary Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” Speech
Monday, August 26, 2013 at the Indiana Historical Society, 7:00 p.m. Download Flyer.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Erika Smith, metro columnist, The Indianapolis Star
Rufus Burrow, Jr., Indiana Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of Theological Social Ethics at Christian Theological Seminary,; author of God and Human Dignity: The Personalism, Theology, and Ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2006) and Martin Luther King Jr. for Armchair Theologians (Westminster John Knox, 2009)
Monroe H. Little, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, , published in Afro-Amercian Studies and American Education; and teaches “African-American History”
Kevin Brown, Richard S. Melvin Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington; author of over 50 writings on race, education and law including Race, Law and Education in the Post-Desegregation Era (Carolina Academic Press 2005) and Because of Our Success: The Changing Racial and Ethnic Ancestry of Blacks on Affirmative Action (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2014)
August 28 – Anniversary March. Download Poster.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 5:30 p.m.
August 28 – Celebration Event Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. Download Poster.
Delivery of King speech by specially chosen IPS student, 6:00 p.m.
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