MLK at Yale in the News

January 28, 2024
Lisa Reisman | January 28th, 2024 Waiting near the front of a Woolsey Hall packed with Yale students, faculty, and New Haven community members, Diane X. Brown could barely...
A photo of Ruby Bridges
January 25, 2024
By: Yale News | January 25, 2024 American civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who became a symbol of the movement when she integrated an all-white elementary school as a...
Exterior photo of Woolsey Hall
January 24, 2024
By: CHRIS TILLEN | January 24, 2024 Across New Haven and on campus, residents and students honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through events leading up to the...
a photo of students holding Ruby Bridges' new book at a read-a-long
January 23, 2024
By: BROOKLYN BRAUNER | January 23, 2024 Twenty-five students aged four to 12 attended a read-aloud of Ruby Bridges’ newest children’s book titled “Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts...
A photo of Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2024
By: Deborah Cannarella | January 19, 2024 The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day—and his legacy as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement—continues throughout the month...
A photo of Former New Haven Mayor Toni Harp reads from "Ruby Bridges: A Brave Child Who Made History."
January 15, 2024
By: Danielle Campbell | January 15, 2024 The second graders from Lincoln Bassett Community School listened intently as former New Haven Mayor Toni Harp read from a small book...
January 11, 2024
By: Yale News | January 11, 2024 The Yale and New Haven communities this month will commemorate the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a...