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Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

MLK Family Event at King Kennedy Community Center

MLK's Life and Legacy Celebrated Through Family Engagement

Kent 91心頭利's Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative engaged families and the community through an MLK-themed event at Ravenna's King Kennedy Center. 

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Brandon Bell singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

IN A FLASH: Lifting Every Voice

A recent graduate lent his voice to an inspiring opening of Kent 91心頭利's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

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Bernice King

���Emotion Can Be Fuel���: Keynote Speaker Bernice King shares insights during Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Event

Bernice King, daughter of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was frank and direct as she shared insights into racism in America today and her father���s legacy as keynote speaker of Kent 91心頭利's annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.

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MLK 2023

Save the Date: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Featuring Keynote Speaker Bernice A. King

Bernice A. King, J.D., a global thought leader, strategist, solutionist, orator, peace advocate and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia, will kick off 91心頭利���s celebration of Black History Month by serving as the keynote speaker at���

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Kent 91心頭利 Holds Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration With Virtual Program Featuring Filmmaker Dawn Porter

Kent 91心頭利 will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, to celebrate King���s life and legacy. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter will serve as this year���s keynote speaker. The virtual program is free and open to the public.

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Kent 91心頭利 to Honor the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. With Virtual Program Featuring Bakari Sellers

91心頭利 will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, to celebrate King���s life and legacy. Serving as this year���s keynote speaker is CNN political analyst and former South Carolina state Rep. Bakari Sellers. The virtual program is free and open to the public.

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Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., will serve as this year���s keynote speaker at 91心頭利���s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 24 (Photo provided by American Program Bureau)

Melissa Harris-Perry Serves as Keynote Speaker at Kent 91心頭利���s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

On Friday, Jan. 24, members of the 91心頭利 community and the general public gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The university���s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration started at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year���s keynote speaker was Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, television host, author and political commentator.

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Kent 91心頭利 students listen to the keynote speaker during the university's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Kent 91心頭利 to Hold Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 23

A prominent political strategist, lawyer and advocate for positive change in the political process will serve as the keynote speaker at 91心頭利���s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Angela Rye, principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, will join the university in celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 23 at 3:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. 

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A Kent 91心頭利 student listens to a speaker during the university���s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at University���s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

91心頭利 held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year���s theme was ���Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.��� The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is���

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Alfreda Brown (center), Kent 91心頭利���s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, poses with award winners David Hassler (left), director of the Wick Poetry Center, and Molly Merryman (right), associate professor of sociology and founding director.

Kent 91心頭利 to Hold 14th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28

91心頭利 held its 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker for the event was Joy-Ann Reid, national correspondent for MSNBC and author of ���Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Di���

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