This month, exactly 61 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. visited the University of Texas to speak out against racism and segregation.
Next week, Tuesday, March 28, the Institute for Historical Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, will host a panel discussion: “They Were There: Martin Luther Kings’ Visit to UT Austin in 1962”
The discusssion will include two former Daily Texan reporters from that era plus other experts on Dr. King and his fight against segregation.
Panel members include:
— Jeanne Graves, Bachelor of Journalism at UT, 1962, past reporter and editor for The Daily Texan
— David Crossley, past reporter for The Daily Texan, founder and past president of Houston Tomorrow, co-founder of Blueprint Houston
— Edmund T. Gordon, Discussant, Executive Director of Commemorative and Contextualization Projects in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost; and Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/aads/faculty/gordonet
— Alberto A. Martínez, Moderator, Professor of History
The University of Texas at Austin, https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/aam829
The event is free and open to the public. It will take place in a hybrid format, both in-person and virtual:
- For in-person, RSVP required: cmeador@austin.utexas.edu.
Venue: Garrison Hall 4.100. - To attend virtually via Zoom, please register to receive the access link at:
https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rc-CtqDMoHt2JrkerY-Akqad737WOiTkQ