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Martin Luther King

Artistic rendering of The Embrace MLK monument in Boston by Hank Willis Thomas with MASS Design Group

Diversity

Winning Memorial Selected to Honor MLK (GRS’55, Hon.’59) on Boston Common

March 4, 2019

Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, in a graduation robe and mortarboard hat upon receiving an honorary degree from Boston University in 1958

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The Ways Boston Helped Shape the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59)

January 22, 2019

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and United States Representative from Massachusetts Ayanna Pressley shake hands at the Boston University and City of Boston Martin Luther King Day observance at Marsh Chapel.

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BU to Contribute $250,000 to MLK Memorial on Boston Common

January 21, 2019

Ayanna Pressley smiles at the podium while speaking to a crowd on her victory election night party.

Dean Of Students

BU, City of Boston Hold First Joint Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Monday

January 18, 2019

Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo by © Flip Schulke/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

Staff

MLK’s Enduring Legacy

January 12, 2019

Melvin B. Miller examines the exhibit

Exhibitions

Gotlieb Archival Research Center Celebrates the Bay State Banner

October 11, 2018

Rep John Lewis

Politics

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Film

King in the Wilderness a Haunting Look Back at MLK’s Final Years

April 9, 2018

Cover of MLK's personal copy of the Montgomery Bus Boycott comic book guide

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MLK on Display at BU’s Gotlieb Center

April 5, 2018

Ed Coaxum speaks at a memorial service on for Martin Luther King, Jr. the day after he was assassinated, Marsh Plaza, Boston University, 1968

University News

Alums Share Memories of Dark Days of April 1968

April 4, 2018

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Alumni

MLK Was a Man, Not Just an Icon

April 3, 2018

A protester holds a poster with a picture of Martin Luther King. The sign says, "I have the same dream."

University News

BU Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59)

April 2, 2018

Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King is John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy.

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POV: As It Was for MLK, the Present and Future Should Be Our Focus

April 2, 2018

Mahalia Jackson speaks at podium alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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A Nearly Forgotten Moment in Civil Rights History

February 15, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

Marsh Chapel

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

Randall Keith Horton

University News

MLK Day Commemoration to Feature Duke Ellington Music

January 13, 2017

US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

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US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Keynotes MLK Celebration

January 15, 2016

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is completely hemmed in as he and his aide Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, lead march to historic Boston Common, April 23, 1965. King came to Boston to lead the demonstration to protest segregation in schools, jobs and housing. He will address a gathering at the Common. (AP Photo)

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From Selma to Stonewall

January 15, 2016

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University News

Celebrating Dr. King

January 16, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream speech, Free at Last speech, Lincoln Memorial address, March on Washington, August 28, 1963, opinion, op-ed, editorial, Boston University Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore

Voices & Opinion

POV: Dean Elmore on MLK and 50th Anniversary of March on Washington

August 28, 2013

POV: Dean Elmore on MLK and 50th Anniversary of March on Washington