Bulletin Board - Details Event when: 01/28/2010 - 01/28/2010 | 07:00 h   Event title 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Where: ASU Farthing Auditorium - Boone Category: Public Service Announcements   Event description: During the 1950s and 60s, Civil Rights Movement leaders like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired millions to stand up against social injustice. The Movement’s message of non-violence and civil disobedience would inspire pivotal events like the lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro NC, the bus boycott in Montgomery AL, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock AR, the freedom rides throughout the South, the march to Montgomery, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the most widely-read American poets, she prides herself on being “a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English.” Giovanni remains as determined and committed as ever to the fight for civil rights and equality with a focus on the individual, specifically, on the power one has to make a difference in oneself, and thus, in the lives of others. Giovanni is a Distinguished Professor of English at Vi...[striped]   Location Location ASU Farthing Auditorium Homepage: No Homepage available   Street: ZIP: City Boone Country: Show Location map   Location description: Sorry, no description available   [ Back ]

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