MLK Celebration at UChicago

01/25/2023

01/22/2023

We are excited to share that Eric H. Holder, Jr. will offer the keynote address at our 2023 MLK Commemoration Celebration.

After the keynote, Holder will be joined in conversation by Valerie Jarrett. The program will also feature performances by Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly the Chicago Children's Choir).

You are welcome to join us in person or watch the livestream.

Jan. 23 event to include talk with former U.S. attorney general and Valerie Jarrett

02/11/2022

We hope you can join us for this year's program featuring Cheryl Brown Henderson, education leader and daughter of the lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education.

Please note that RSVPs are required. You can reserve in-person seating at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel or request access to the livestream using the Eventbrite link below.

Join us for the University of Chicago's 32nd annual MLK Commemoration Celebration featuring Cheryl Brown Henderson and Pastor Chris Harris.

02/08/2022

We are thrilled to announce that this year's MLK Commemoration Celebration will feature a keynote address by Cheryl Brown Henderson and a conversation with special guest Pastor Chris Harris. Both in-person and virtual tickets are available.

Feb. 21 event will feature education leader Cheryl Brown Henderson, violence prevention advocate Pastor Chris Harris

01/18/2022

The University's 32nd annual MLK Commemoration Celebration will take place on Monday, February 21. As you reflect on Dr. King's life and legacy today, we invite you to learn more about the three 'glorious' speeches he gave on campus between 1956-1966.

01/19/2021

As we continue to reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. King, we are pleased to share a brief highlights video from the University's 2021 Commemoration Celebration.

Author Isabel Wilkerson joined the UChicago community for the 31st annual University of Chicago Dr Martin Luther King Jr commemoration. At the event the Cas...

01/19/2021

A look back at last week's program featuring Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and scholar.

“...Dr. King’s mission has not been completed. It will be up to all of us, particularly the prime beneficiaries of our country’s 400-year-old social order, to make it so.” -- Isabel Wilkerson

At UChicago event, 'Caste' author discusses Dr. King and country’s ongoing moral battles

12/15/2020

We are thrilled to announce that Isabel Wilkerson will offer the keynote address at the 2021 MLK Commemoration Celebration on Tuesday, January 12 at 6pm.

The event will be entirely virtual -- and will be livestreamed via The University of Chicago's page and YouTube channel. Please visit mlk.uchicago.edu for more information.

Author of 'Caste' and 'The Warmth of Other Suns' to speak in Jan. 12 virtual event

05/29/2020

Today we share words of wisdom from 2018 keynote speaker Dorothy Butler Gilliam.

https://twitter.com/DorothyBGilliam/status/1266144527066320896

02/05/2020

We invite you to continue to reflect on the powerful words of Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III.

A video of the full MLK Commemoration Celebration event is now available: https://youtu.be/UmNVPERU_4E

Even in country’s darkest hours, MLK speakers say its future is in our hands