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(Editor’s note: Readers from the IU campuses are invited
to submit activities planned on their campuses in honor of Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, which will be held Monday, Jan. 17, an official
university holiday.
To submit events to our online directory, E-mail homepgs@indiana.edu."
IU Home Pages" will resume newsprint and online publication
with the Friday, Jan. 14, edition. Below are activities planned
on the campuses for both MLK Jr. Day and related Black History
Month events in February.)
IUPUI
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Poet, author and community activist Kevin Powell will
be the keynote speaker for the 35th annual IUPUI Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Dinner, hosted by the IUPUI Black Student Union, on Monday,
Jan. 17, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, 350 W. Maryland
St.
Powell is author of six books, including his most recent, Who's
Gonna Take the Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America.
Powell emerged as a strong student activist while attending
Rutgers University, where he worked with Sister Souljah on the
anti-apartheid movement, conducted voter registration drives and
launched a national African-American youth and student alliance.
He is currently producing a series of town hall meetings called
the State of Black Men Tour.
Tickets are on sale now at the IUPUI Office of Campus and Community
Life and will continue through Monday, Jan. 10, or earlier if
the event sells out. For information, call 317-274-3931.
IU East Thursday, Jan. 20: The Rev. Gene Spicer of the Mount
Sinai Church will speak about Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m.
in Vivian Auditorium on the Richmond campus.
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Friday, Feb. 4: Civil rights activist and NAACP board
chairman Julian Bond will visit campus to discuss "Civil Rights:
Then and now." The lecture is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Vivian
Auditorium.
* This site will be updated periodically as information becomes
available.
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