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33 posts tagged "Martin Luther King Jr."

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Saint Mary’s to host interfaith prayer service to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Gina Twardosz | Thursday, January 23, 2020

While Martin Luther King Jr. is most known for his activism and involvement in the civil rights movement, he was also a proponent of interfaith dialogue and community. On Thursday, Saint Mary’s will hold an interfaith prayer service, open to the entire community, which will feature several students and faith leaders from various religions.  Sophia

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Civil rights movement leader speaks at annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, January 21, 2020

As part of Notre Dame’s “Walk the Walk Week” and in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the campus community joined together for a luncheon at the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center. After a choral performance and an opening invocation, Diane Nash — a civil rights movement leader who helped integrate lunch counters and

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Miss Kenya USA to deliver keynote address at dinner honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Wendy Oduor, Miss Kenya USA and a Saint Mary’s alumna from the class of 2014, will present the keynote address Wednesday night at Student Diversity Board’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. event, the College announced in a media release Monday. Oduor is a motivational speaker with the mission of educating audiences on mental health issues.

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Candlelight prayer service honoring MLK kicks off Walk the Walk Week

Jack Jerit | Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Students and University leaders gathered late Sunday evening in the Rotunda of the Main Building to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a candlelight prayer service. The prayer service was the first event of Walk the Walk Week, a series of events celebrating the life and legacy of King and reflecting on inequality in

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South Bend statue of Hesburgh, MLK honors civil rights movement

Maria Luisa Paul | Monday, January 20, 2020

Two men joining hands stand firmly at Leighton Plaza. At times, people visiting the area pose next to them taking pictures. A historic snapshot, the statue featuring Martin Luther King Jr. and University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh permanently preserves an aspect of the civil rights movement in downtown South Bend. Created by local artist,

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Author Robert Schmuhl shares the story behind the iconic Hesburgh-King photo

Tom Naatz | Friday, January 17, 2020

In June 1964, University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh was sitting at his desk when he received a phone call. The civil rights movement was in full swing, and the Catholic priest’s services were needed at a rally in Chicago. According to a report from Notre Dame Magazine, then-Chicago mayor Richard Daley and a series

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What does Notre Dame stand for?

Ben Testani | Thursday, December 12, 2019

Everyone who has ever set foot on the campus of Notre Dame has seen the famous photo of Fr. Ted Hesburgh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The two are locked in arms, standing together against racial injustice. The image is plastered around our University, iconic for what it represents. Less well known is a

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MLK, sound bites and the importance of context

Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, April 16, 2019

I recently read an opinion piece by former Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal. He begins it with a criticism of the identity politics that has become associated with modern American liberalism. Pushing back against this ideology, Jindal reminded us of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at the 1963 March on Washington — in which he dreamed his

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Community gathers in prayer to honor Dr. Martin Luther King

Thomas Murphy | Tuesday, January 22, 2019

University President Fr. John Jenkins reflected on the history of night prayer as he opened a Candlelight Prayer Service remembering the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday. “Night prayer in the Christian tradition has been an opportune time to acknowledge what we have done and what we have failed to do,”

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We’re not racist! Remember Fr. Ted?

Drew Lischke | Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Hanging on the wall of LaFortune Student Center is (what seems like) a decades old mosaic. Yellowed by the noxious fumes of Subway and what is certainly stains from the occasional — and utterly tragic — 3 a.m. quarter dog mishap, the mosaic depicts two pretty famous men, arms linked, faces stoic in their resolve.

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