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 MLK Day Commemoration on Jan. 24, during which civil rights champion Ruby Bridges will speak.
Surrounding the celebration of MLK day on Jan. 15, Yale’s MLK celebration planning committee has hosted a plethora of free events over the last three weeks, including on-campus speakers and lectures, film screenings, music, exhibitions in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Sterling Memorial Library, slam poetry and more. These events will culminate on Jan. 24 with the visit of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who will give a talk titled, “Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers: The Ongoing Fight for Educational Justice.” (more)