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Luncheon manifests MLK Jr’s vision for the future

Luncheon manifests MLK Jr’s vision for the future

Haviland Cardinal, Staff Writer January 22, 2019

Donna Brazile said Martin Luther King’s legacy is stronger nowadays than it has ever been. Brazile, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, was the keynote speaker at this year’s...

NAACP President calls for justice, unity at MLK Luncheon

Riley Guerzini, News Editor January 17, 2017

Middle Passage didn’t make it. The 68-year-old Vietnam War veteran who marched from Selma, Alabama to Washington D.C. as part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s...

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sponsored after school group, Emerging Young Leaders, laugh with Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon’s keynote speaker Major General Barrye Price after his “Up Close and Personal” meeting in Traditions Lounge on Monday.

Luncheon keeps MLK’s “dream alive”

Abigail Suddarth, Staff Writer January 19, 2016
Barry Price, who became the first African-American to earn a doctorate from the Department of History at the University of Texas A&M, spoke at this year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon.
Actress uplifts crowd during MLK luncheon

Actress uplifts crowd during MLK luncheon

Bobby Shipman January 21, 2014

Jasmine Guy became enraged when she heard someone call President Barrack Obama “clean and articulate” while working on his first campaign trail – as if an educated black man were some sort of oddity. “Don’t...

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