Emory & Henry Announces Full Line-up of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week of Celebration Events
The series of events entitled “Good Trouble Comes in All Colors: Allyship Matters” will be held from January 14 - 23, 2021. Events are open to the public, and most events will be recorded and posted on the Emory & Henry DEI website page.
“The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Convocation is a moving program for the campus and community of Emory & Henry College,” says John Holloway, vice president of DEI. “Each year this dynamic event draws the interest of our students, staff, and faculty, where we collectively celebrate and honor the social justice teachings of Dr. King and other influential Civil Rights pioneers. I’m excited to have worked with some remarkable folks who made up the MLK Planning Committee and who assembled an impressive week-long lists of insightful programs and activities.”
The week will kick off on January 14 with speaker Ruby Sales, a nationally-recognized human-rights activist, public theologian, and social critic. Presently, Sales serves as the founder and director of the SpiritHouse Project, a national nonprofit organization that uses the arts, research, education, action, and spirituality to bring diverse peoples together to work for racial, economic, and social justice, as well as for spiritual maturity.
On January 18, the keynote address “Good Trouble: Rosa Parks and the Radical Roots of the Montgomery Bus Boycott” will be given by Dr. Danielle McGuire and include a question and answer session. Dr. McGuire is an award-winning historian, public speaker and author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power, which won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award. She is also the recipient of the Lerner Scott Prize for best dissertation in women’s history.
Throughout the week, there will also be various workshop sessions, an alumni panel discussion and a showing and discussion of the movie “Selma.”
Dr. Danielle McGuire
Each year this dynamic event draws the interest of our students, staff, and faculty, where we collectively celebrate and honor the social justice teachings of Dr. King and other influential Civil Rights pioneers. I’m excited to have worked with some remarkable folks who made up the MLK Planning Committee and who assembled an impressive week-long lists of insightful programs and activities.
- John Holloway
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