Displays chronicling the ideals and principles of Martin Luther King Jr. are being featured at the University of Colorado at Boulder in honor of the Jan. 20 holiday that bears his name.
Exhibits are located in the east lobby of Norlin Library and the second floor of the University Memorial Center and are open for viewing during normal business hours. The UMC display will run from Jan. 15 to Jan. 20 and the Norlin display will run from Jan. 15 to Jan. 31.
A video display of King's "I Have a Dream" speech also will be on display in the lobby of Regent Hall on Jan. 17, sponsored by the Office of the Registrar's diversity committee.
King (1929-1968) was an African-American clergyman, Nobel Prize winner for peace and prominent civil rights leader known for advocating nonviolent protest. His challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s helped gather support for the cause of civil rights from Americans of different backgrounds, as well as international support. After his assassination in 1968, King became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice.
The displays are sponsored by Norlin Library, the Black Student Alliance, the Department of Housing and the Black Law Student Association.