Stories about "Martin Luther King Jr. Day"
Voices from MLK Day: ‘We are finished sitting quietly, insisting on the possibility of change’
Friday, January 21, 2022 11:44 am
Five speakers on MLK Day at Bates, Maine-based thinkers, practitioners, and activists, offered personal narratives and insights that vividly captured the day's theme, "What I Mean When I Say: Decolonization and Liberation."
Bates announces MLK Day 2022 events
Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:05 pm
It's a term you may have heard — "decolonization" — without fully grasping its meaning or relevance. If that's true for you, then welcome to Bates' 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance.
Video: See what we heard on MLK Day
Friday, January 22, 2021 2:27 pm
A sampling of the words, people, and music of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Bates on Jan. 18, 2021
Not so fast with the ‘time for unity’ calls, say Bates scholars
Friday, January 22, 2021 12:25 pm
Recovering our damaged democracy does not “come through any blind call for unity." Plus, the events of Jan. 6 may, in fact, be who we really are.
Quotable quotes, and what they mean, from MLK Day at Bates in 2021
Friday, January 22, 2021 12:04 pm
A broad selection of quotable quotes — and what they mean — from presenters during the college's Martin Luther King Jr. Day programs.
MLK Day speaker Angela Davis: Biden-Harris victory ‘does not mean that we step back’
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 1:56 pm
Featured in the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. keynote, racial justice icon Angela Davis said that activism is an essential complement to the ballot.
Bates announces virtual MLK Day events, including Angela Davis as keynote
Friday, January 15, 2021 2:13 pm
Davis opens a day of reflection with her Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote, "Reckoning," on the carceral state.
30 years ago: Gulf War, Angela Davis, and a memorable night
Friday, January 15, 2021 10:54 am
Bates folks recall when the iconic activist, intellectual, and scholar Angela Davis — this year's MLK Day speaker — addressed a huge gathering in the chapel on Jan. 16, 1991, the night the bombs began falling in Baghdad.
Beyond ‘founded by abolitionists’: Students and faculty undertake a more inclusive examination of Bates’ founding story
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:07 pm
Ongoing research by Bates faculty and students into the college’s early connection to the U.S. slave economy seeks to add long-silenced voices to the college’s founding narrative.
Picture story: MLK Day at Bates 2020
Friday, January 24, 2020 1:15 pm
Bates photographers Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo cover the college’s 2020 MLK Day observance from start to finish.