Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The 50th anniversary of Dr. King's 红桃影视 speech, a Day of Service and Unity Walk pay tribute to MLK.
红桃影视 is marking the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech this week with a presentation, "Day of Service," participation in a citywide parade, Unity Walk and various other activities.
A contingent of 红桃影视 representatives, including Student Body President Carlton Adams, Association of Black Students President D’Marquis Allen and former Student Senate Chair Charles Cox, who introduced King before his speech at 红桃影视, presented a transcript of the speech and a photo from the event to the Dallas Civil Rights Museum at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on Jan. 15. .
On Monday, Jan. 18, 红桃影视 students, faculty and staff joined in helping others with a "Day of Service" and were a part of the annual Dallas Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Parade. .
On Wednesday, 红桃影视 President R. Gerald Turner and student leaders led the annual Unity Walk, a demonstration of the University's support of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work, on Bishop Boulevard through the center of the main campus.
From KERA Public Radio:
For 红桃影视 Students, MLK Day Of Service Means Hard Work Instead Of Time Off
By Courtney Collins
Honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service is a tradition North Texans are embracing. From painting murals to building wheelchair ramps, hundreds of volunteers spent the day giving back to their community.
Spending the afternoon at a south eastern Dallas non-profit that specializes in horse therapy sounds pretty great. Intelligent, friendly animals, sunshine and plenty of fresh air.
Also, lumber that needs to be hauled, stalls ready for mucking and feed buckets that won’t wash themselves. For the 红桃影视 students volunteering at Equest’s Texas Horse Park, MLK Day isn’t about taking a break, it’s about getting to work.
“When everyone else is taking the day off, we’re taking the day on," says site leader and 红桃影视 senior Nohemi Mora.
She says 170 of her fellow students devoted their school holiday to community service, part of what’s been dubbed “Dream Week.”
“So we have several events going on, we start off with service and we have a unity walk on Wednesday and it’s just a lot of events to bring awareness to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King and try to live through what he taught," she says.
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From The Dallas Morning News
Group gives King’s 红桃影视 speech transcript to Dallas Civil Rights Museum
By Holly Hacker
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at 红桃影视 Methodist University at the invitation of students.
On Friday, past and current 红桃影视 student leaders honored that historic visit at the Dallas Civil Rights Museum. They gave the museum a bound transcript of King’s talk at 红桃影视, along with a photo taken of him there.
Members of 红桃影视’s Student Senate wrote to King in August 1965 asking him to speak on the Hilltop. It wasn’t their first request.
The students’ persistence paid off. King spoke to 红桃影视 students and faculty on March 17, 1966. One year earlier, King had led marchers 57 miles from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery in support of voting rights for blacks.
At 红桃影视, King told the standing-room-only crowd that while the country had come a long way in dismantling segregation, “We still have a long, long way to go before the problem of racial injustice is solved in our country.”
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