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Real-Life Hero Paul Rusesabagina & Distinguished Poet Sonia Sanchez to Speak

   
Summary

Real-Life Hero Paul Rusesabagina & Distinguished Poet Sonia Sanchez to Speak

 

Mr. Paul Rusesabagina, the famed real-life hero whose story is documented in the movie Hotel Rwanda with Don Cheadle, will give the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Lecture. Mr. Rusesabagina will also be installed as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow. Distinguished poet Sonia Sanchez will give a reading of her work and will also be named as a Coretta Scott King Fellow. A roundtable discussion of experts will discuss the lasting influence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Humanities and our society. Moderated by Boston University’s Prof. Gene Jarrett, the panel will feature King family members Prof. Christine King Farris and Prof. Angela Farris Watkins. The roundtable will also include Prof. Clayborne Carson, Prof. Walter Fluker, Prof. Isabel Wilkerson and Boston University’s Dean of the School of Education Hardin Coleman. The event celebrates the launching of the electronic finding aid of the Martin Luther King, Jr. collection.

  
Starts

6:00pm on Tuesday, November 10th 2009

End Time

8:30pm

  
Topics

Lectures

  
Building

CAS- 685 Commonwealth Avenue

  
Room

Tsai Performance Center

  
Registration URL

  
Deadline

  
Contact Name

HGARC

  
Contact Email

archives@bu.edu

  
Contact Phone

617-353-3696

  
Contact URL

http://www.bu.edu/archives

 

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