Wednesday, January 13 to Friday, January 29 Join MSUM students in celebrating and educating themselves about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders with the MLK Day Challenge. The challenge will explore lesser-known bits of Dr. King’s work and take a look at the contributions of Black women in the civil rights movement. We will be doing […]
Tuesday, Jan. 21 | 5 p.m. | CMU Ballroom MSUM will host a panel of speakers celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., Tuesday, Jan. 21 beginning at 5 p.m. with refreshments and a program start time of 5:30 p.m. in the university’s Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom. Featured speakers will present TEDx-style talks about Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy, […]
L.A. Theatre Works’ national touring production takes MSUM stage In 2018, America and the world mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr., even as the struggle to resolve racial tension remains a challenge for communities everywhere. Beginning January 12, L.A. Theatre Works commemorates the anniversary with a touring production of the internationally acclaimed play, The […]
Daughter of Deep South came of age during turbulent era for US By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Camilla Wilson remembers the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. She happened to be in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968, picking up photography supplies for a newsletter she was working on for a literacy program. That evening, King was felled […]