Stories about "Martin Luther King Jr. Day"
Video: MLK Day at Bates is a chance to ‘get vulnerable’
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 6:55 pm
Racism and other social inequalities are ever-present but not ever-discussed. Members of the Bates MLK Day planning committee invite us to open the conversation.
![Mural on the wall of row houses in Philadelphia. The artist is Parris Stancell, sponsored by the Freedom School Mural Arts Program.Left to right; Malcolm Shabazz (Malcolm X), Ella Baker, Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass.The quote above the pictures,"We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest", is from Ella Baker, a founder of SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), a civil rights group. which amongst other contributions, helped to coordinate "Freedom Rides"in the early 1960's.Tony Fischer [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2019/01/feature-crop-Mural_Malcolm_X_-_Ella_Baker_-_Martin_Luther_King_-_Frederick_Douglass-1-400x267.jpg)
Grassroots activism: 6 insights from MLK Day speaker Barbara Ransby
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 2:35 pm
Michael Sargent, an associate professor of psychology and a podcaster, interviews Ransby ahead of her Jan. 21 keynote address.
Picture Story: MLK Day 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018 12:16 pm
Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo of the Bates Communications Office portray moments from the college’s 2018 MLK Day observance.
Slideshow: From age 9 to 86, they explain how Bates took MLK Day ‘to another level’
Friday, January 19, 2018 10:06 am
Hear from people age 9 to 89 who attended the college's Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance and learn why it is "tremendously important within our community."
MLK Day 2018: Education is ‘the key to the kind of society we need’
Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:38 pm
In an era when enlightenment seems to be draining from U.S. society, Bates on MLK Day was a source of replenishment, choosing education its theme.
Video: ‘A remembrance of what our country should stand for’
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:20 am
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Committee, a faculty-led group that includes…
Video: MLK Day keynote by Khalil Muhammad and Mays Debate with Bates and Morehouse
Friday, January 20, 2017 1:20 pm
Full videos of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day feature the keynote by Kahlil Muhammad and the Benjamin Mays Debate with student debaters from Bates and Morehouse colleges.
Picture story: MLK Day 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017 12:56 pm
Photographs of the many and varied people, places, and events capture the compelling Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance at Bates.
Slideshow: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017 at Bates, hour by hour
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:31 pm
From Sunday's interfaith service to Tuesday's read-in at a local school, immerse yourself in Bates College's 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.
Video: Professors comment on MLK Day theme of ‘Reparations: Addressing Racial Injustices’
Friday, January 6, 2017 1:47 pm
Two faculty co-chairs of the Bates MLK Day Committee, philosopher Susan Stark and sociologist Michael Rocque, comment on this year's theme, “Reparations: Addressing Racial Injustices." Educator and author Khalil Gibran Muhammad delivers the Jan. 16 keynote.