2024 Morehouse MLK Week – Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Schedule
2024 Schedule of Events
Martin Luther King, Jr., ’48 developed his approach to nonviolent social change while a student at Morehouse under the tutelage of intellectual leaders who would influence his advocacy and activism throughout his life, establishing Morehouse as one of the prominent intellectual and activist sites of the modern Civil Rights Movement. The Annual Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration is a multicultural experience designed to educate the world on his historical and contemporary impact, engage the global community on issues of equity, and celebrate his legacy.
This year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration experience includes a robust schedule of activities that blends the past, present, and the future with events designed to engage students, alumni, faculty, staff, and supporters. Below is a list of our 2024 commemoration schedule which features a number of talks, film screenings, and community service opportunities.
Monday, January 15, 2024
- 9:00 AM – Bonner Office of Community Service Day of Service
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- 11:00 AM – Martin Luther King Jr. Crown Forum I with featured speaker Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- 7:00 PM – Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival Film Screening and Conversation The Right to Read with featured speaker Kareem Weaver ’94
Thursday, January 25, 2024
- 11:00 AM – Martin Luther King Jr. Crown Forum II with featured speaker Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar ’91
- 5:00 PM – Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture and Conversation Program with featured speaker Dr. Derrick P. Alridge
Monday, January 29, 2024
- 1:00 PM – Viewing of Documents from the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection and the Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Event Details
Bonner Office of Community Service Day of Service
DATE: Monday, January 15 @ 9:00 AM
LOCATION: Register for location and additional event details
DETAILS: Join the Morehouse College community for a day of service to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday.
Martin Luther King Jr. Crown Forum I
DATE: Thursday, January 18 @ 11:00 AM
LOCATION: Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
FEATURED SPEAKER: Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman, Associate Professor of Theology and African American Religion, Yale University School of Divinity
Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival Film Screening and Conversation The Right to Read
DATE: Tuesday, January 23 @ 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Bank of America Auditorium, Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center
DETAILS: Join NAACP activist, teacher, and alumnus Kareem Weaver ’94 for an encore screening of The Right to Read, his important documentary sharing the stories of two American families fighting to provide children with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. Post-discussion to immediately follow.
Martin Luther King Jr. Crown Forum II
DATE: Thursday, January 25 @ 11:00 AM
LOCATION: Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar ’91, Professor of History; Founding Director for the Study of Popular Music, University of Connecticut
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture and Conversation Program
DATE: Thursday, January 25 @ 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Bank of America Auditorium, Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Derrick P. Alridge, Philip J. Gibson Professor of Education; Director, Center for Race and Public Education in the South, University of Virginia
Viewing of Documents from the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection and the Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
DATE: Monday, January 29 @ 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Archives Research Center, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
