Stories about "Martin Luther King Jr."
James Reese recalls the night of King’s assassination, and the 50 years since
Friday, April 6, 2018 11:00 am
Twelve years old in 1968, James Reese recalls the night he learned of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, and ponders unanswered questions of King's legacy.
Q&A: Marcus Bruce ’77 on Benjamin Mays, MLK, and the ongoing struggle for emancipation
Friday, January 6, 2017 12:50 pm
Bruce, the college's Benjamin Mays Professor, explains why Mays — Class of 1920, great 20th-century civil rights leader, and mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. — offers hope for "a new birth of freedom."
Filmboard to screen, panel to discuss ‘Selma’
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 11:02 am
"Selma," director Ava DuVernay's acclaimed depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights for African Americans, shows at Bates College Feb. 27-March 1.
Work, Truly Our Own
Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:49 am
Among workshops that Bates held on Jan. 21 to honor Martin Luther King Jr., one stood out by virtue of its subject: Bates itself.
With Justice for All in Our Multicultural Nation
Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:00 pm
Morris Dees, founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke on civil rights and multi-culturalism. (Total time: 1:07:42)
Bates community gathers to honor Rosa Parks
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 3:34 pm
In honor of Rosa Parks' legacy of leadership and life contributions to the struggle for civil and human rights, the Martin Luther King Day Committee and the Multicultural Center of Bates College held a program in memoriam and appreciation from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the Benjamin Mays Center.
Bates and USM/LA jointly served by AmeriCorps*VISTA member
Tuesday, January 11, 2000 3:31 pm
In an unusual cooperative effort between a private and public institution of higher education, the Bates College Center for Service Learning and the University of Southern Maine's Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) share the services of an AmeriCorps*Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) member.
Bates receives Martin Luther King award
Wednesday, February 11, 1998 2:24 pm
Bates College has received the 1998 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Corporate Award given annually by the Portland NAACP to a corporation or organization exemplifying the philosophies of the late civil rights leader.
MLK Scholar to present annual Zerby lecture
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 10:01 am
The legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be discussed…