Audio Slide Show: Voices from MLK Day

Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:11 pm

From the MLK Day Memorial Day Service sponsored by the Office of…

King would be ‘appalled’ at today’s rhetoric around poverty, Butler says in keynote

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:00 pm

Getting 46 million Americans out of poverty will require wholesale changes in how we talk about, think about and take action around poverty, said keynote speaker Anthea Butler.

From James Reese on MLK Day, a high school story with a surprise ending

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:02 pm

As part of his welcoming remarks at the 2013 Martin Luther King…

As nation ponders rich-poor divide, King Day observances to explore debt and inequality

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:51 am

Spotlighting a less-known aspect of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work, King Day at Bates will explore issues of economic justice.

Video: ‘Nothing in the World That You Cannot Do’ — MLK Day’s Sankofa performance

Monday, December 10, 2012 10:23 am

Alex Bolden '15 prepares Bates artists for the annual Sankofa performance on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2013.

Video: Sankofa’s Cross Cultural Journey

Friday, March 30, 2012 1:00 pm

Rob Little '12 looks at a Sankofa production, an exploration of African diasporic experiences through performing arts.

Slide Show: Highlights of 2012 MLK Day observance

Friday, January 20, 2012 1:46 pm

Sun Journal offers extensive coverage of 2012 MLK events

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:52 pm

The Sun Journal offers extensive coverage of the 2012 Martin Luther King…

‘red, black & GREEN: a blues’ creator offers sneak peek for King Weekend

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:43 pm

For a performance Jan. 13, performer, educator, activist and slam poetry champion Marc Bamuthi Joseph took the Olin Concert Hall stage—only to leave it again.

King Day Memorial Worship Service recalls memories, asks for action

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:38 pm

Before reading the Call to Worship at Bates' annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Worship Service, Dean of Students James Reese shared his memories of King's speech during the March on Washington.