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Martin Luther King

(left to right) Black and white photos of Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Aretha Franklin

Martin Luther King

MLK Day Celebration Will Honor Three Women for Important Roles in the Civil Rights Movement

January 16, 2020

Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Alumni

Winning Memorial Selected to Honor MLK (GRS’55, Hon.’59) on Boston Common

March 4, 2019

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and United States Representative from Massachusetts Ayanna Pressley shake hands at the Boston University and City of Boston Martin Luther King Day observance at Marsh Chapel.

University News

BU to Contribute $250,000 to MLK Memorial on Boston Common

January 21, 2019

Ayanna Pressley smiles at the podium while speaking to a crowd on her victory election night party.

University News

BU, City of Boston Hold First Joint Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday

January 18, 2019

Melvin B. Miller examines the exhibit

Exhibitions

Gotlieb Archival Research Center Celebrates the Bay State Banner

October 11, 2018

Rep John Lewis

Commencement

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Cover of MLK's personal copy of the Montgomery Bus Boycott comic book guide

Gotlieb

MLK on Display at BU’s Gotlieb Center

April 5, 2018

Ed Coaxum speaks at a memorial service on for Martin Luther King, Jr. the day after he was assassinated, Marsh Plaza, Boston University, 1968

Race

Alums Share Memories of Dark Days of April 1968

April 4, 2018

A protester holds a poster with a picture of Martin Luther King. The sign says, "I have the same dream."

Arts & Culture

BU Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59)

April 2, 2018

Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King is John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy.

Martin Luther King

POV: As It Was for MLK, the Present and Future Should Be Our Focus

April 2, 2018

Mahalia Jackson speaks at podium alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King

A Nearly Forgotten Moment in Civil Rights History

February 15, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

Boston

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

Randall Keith Horton

University News

MLK Day Commemoration to Feature Duke Ellington Music

January 13, 2017

US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

University News

US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Keynotes MLK Celebration

January 15, 2016

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is completely hemmed in as he and his aide Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, lead march to historic Boston Common, April 23, 1965. King came to Boston to lead the demonstration to protest segregation in schools, jobs and housing. He will address a gathering at the Common. (AP Photo)

Alumni

From Selma to Stonewall

January 15, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Event Preview

Celebrating Dr. King

January 16, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream speech, Free at Last speech, Lincoln Memorial address, March on Washington, August 28, 1963, opinion, op-ed, editorial, Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore

Dean Elmore

POV: Dean Elmore on MLK and 50th Anniversary of March on Washington

August 28, 2013

Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream speech, Free at Last speech, Lincoln Memorial address, March on Washington, August 28, 1963

Alumni

MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech—50 Years Later

August 26, 2013

Actor Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker, Boston University Martin Luther King Day MLK lecture

Gotlieb

Forest Whitaker Honored as BU MLK Fellow

January 23, 2013

Free at Last sculpture by Sergio Castillo, Marsh Chapel Plaza, Boston University, Martin Luther King Jr MLK

Fine Arts

Finding the Meaning of Free at Last

January 17, 2013

Finding the Meaning of Free at Last