The first event spotlight for MLK Week 2017 is our keynote speaker. We are very excited to welcome Dr. Russell Rickford to the IC campus as the MLK Week keynote for the 2017 celebration.The first event spotlight for MLK Week 2017 is our keynote speaker. We are very excited to welcome Dr. Russell Rickford to the IC campus as the MLK Week keynote for the 2017 celebration.
Dr. Russell John Rickford is an American scholar and author. An associate professor in the History Department at Cornell University, he has written the only in-depth biography on Betty Shabazz. Rickford is an expert on the black radical tradition and on black liberal culture after World War II, and lectures on American social and political history, among other subjects.
The keynote will be held on Tuesday, January 24th at 4:00PM in Emerson Suites, Campus Center.
Come and join us on the 24th for the keynote during this important week.
This year's celebration theme is "The Ultimate Weakness of Violence" which is a concept taken from King's last book, "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?"
For more information on the week and Dr. Rickford, please visit our website here: https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/osema/mlkcelebration/
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact OSEMA at 607-274-3222. We ask that requests be made as soon as possible.
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