Venue: Squires Student Center, Blacksburg
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2015
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
Virginia Tech Professor Wornie Reed presents "Reclaiming The Martin Luther King I Knew" as part of Virginia Tech's Martin Luther King Celebration on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in room 345 in the Squires Student Center.
Wornie Reed, professor and director of Virginia Tech’s Race and Social Policy Center, will share memories of his interactions with King, a person often depicted as a peaceful dreamer, but, as Reed notes, was actually the opposite.
Sponsored by VT Engage.
To remember the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., Virginia Tech will host, "What Happened to the Dream?", a ten-day celebration beginning January 19, 2015.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit: http://www.dos.vt.edu/mlk.html
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