{"id":99311,"date":"2016-01-18T10:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=99311"},"modified":"2020-08-17T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:01:00","slug":"mlk-day-2016-keynote-and-debate-livestreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/18\/mlk-day-2016-keynote-and-debate-livestreams\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day 2016 Keynote and Debate Livestreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>9\u201310:30am<\/h5>\n<h5>The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Keynote<\/h5>\n<p><em>Peter J. Gomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/2091222\/events\/4694694\/videos\/109784709\/player?width=560&amp;height=315&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview and Welcome<\/b>: Rakiya Mohamed \u201918; Matthew R. Auer, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty; A. Clayton Spencer, President of Bates College; and James Reese, Associate Dean of Students for International Students Programs<\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction of Keynote Speaker:<\/b><b> <\/b>Joseph Hall, Associate Professor of History<\/p>\n<p><b>Keynote Address<\/b>: <em>The Half Life of Freedom<br \/>\n<\/em>William Jelani Cobb<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/mlk\/mlk-day-2016-keynote-speaker-william-jelani-cobb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Jelani Cobb<\/a> is an associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut and a staff writer for <em>The New Yorker<\/em>. As a historian, he specializes in post-Civil War African American history, 20th-century American politics, and the history of the Cold War. As a journalist and commentator, Cobb is known for his examinations of issues around race, society, and politics. His books include <em>The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress<\/em>\u00a0(Bloomsbury 2010) and\u00a0<em>To The Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic<\/em>\u00a0(NYU Press 2007), a finalist for the National Award for Arts Writing. Cobb\u2019s forthcoming book is titled <em>Antidote to Revolution: African American Anticommunism and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1931\u20131957<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing<\/strong>: James Reese, Associate Dean of Students<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>3:45pm<\/h5>\n<h5>The Rev. Benjamin Elijah Mays Debate<\/h5>\n<p><i>Olin Concert Hall<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/2091222\/events\/4694694\/videos\/109807122\/player?width=560&#038;height=315&#038;autoPlay=false&#038;mute=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This ever-popular event brings together students from Morehouse and Bates colleges in honor of the Rev. Benjamin E. Mays, Class of 1920, a Bates debater, longtime Morehouse\u00a0president, and pioneer of the civil rights movement. This year\u2019s motion: \u201cTo ameliorate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, this\u00a0house believes that police reform is more important than prison reform. \u201d Free but tickets required, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/mlk-day-debate-2016-tickets-19864061944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available online<\/a> or by calling 207-786-6400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9\u201310:30am The Rev. 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