MLK Legacy Celebration

Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston branch of the NAACP (at left), and Saida Grundy, College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of sociology, African American studies, and women’s and gender studies, discuss Black suffrage rights during Boston University’s virtual celebration of the lives and legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) and his wife, Coretta Scott King, on Monday, January 17. The event was cosponsored by the city of Boston and the New England Conservatory. The event was livestreamed from the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. Photo by Siyi Yang (COM’22) for Boston University Photography