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NC State\u2019s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Campus Commemoration will bring National Book Award Winner Ibram X. Kendi to Stewart Theatre 1:30 \u2013 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 13, 2020<\/strong>.<\/b> The talk is open to students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\nKendi is professor and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University and a 2016 National Book Award Winner for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America<\/i>. His newest book, How to Be an Antiracist<\/i>, examines racial inequalities from many vantage points, including the personal, the social and the academic.<\/p>\n Miller is a professor of English at NC State and a 2019-20 scholar-in-residence in the African American Cultural Center. In his King\u2019s First Dream <\/i>project, Miller published the first known recording of King\u2019s 1962 speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in which he previewed some of the themes of the seminal 1963 \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech in Washington, D.C. The speech is now online at kingsfirstdream.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Virtual MLK<\/span> (vMLK) event will take audiences back in time by leveraging the library\u2019s 270-degree visualization capabilities, allowing you to virtually walk around the historic sanctuary, hear a re-creation of King\u2019s speech and virtually sit with congregation members. Events at the Hunt Library will include a choral performance, family activities, guided tours and a community discussion on advocacy.<\/p>\n Join us for these exciting activities, tours and discussions. Experience the speech, reflect on King\u2019s words and celebrate<\/span> his legacy.<\/p>\n Please join us for three major events commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at NC State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":676827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2513,2514,2489,2480,14,15,17,847,18,25],"tags":[85,2604,1969,2685,1329,24,433,1975,2686],"class_list":["post-1355496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-cultural-center","category-african-diaspora","category-campus-community-centers","category-cultural-competence","category-diversity-digest","category-feature","category-news","category-newswire","category-oeo-news","category-people","tag-hunt-library","tag-ibram-x-kendi","tag-jason-miller","tag-kings-first-dream","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-mlk","tag-mlk-commemoration","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr-experience"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equalopportunity.ncsu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Gallery Presentation: Jason Miller<\/h2>\n
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Jason Miller will present \u201cWhen MLK<\/span> and the KKK Met in Raleigh\u201d 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020<\/strong> in Witherspoon Cinema. A gallery opening and reception will follow in the African American Cultural Center Art Gallery on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center.<\/p>\n\n
Virtual MLK Experience at Hunt Library<\/h2>\n
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On Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/strong> in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NC State researchers, led by Victoria Gallagher, will immerse community members in one of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s most iconic speeches. King delivered this speech (originally titled \u201cA Creative Protest\u201d but later referred to by King and others as \u201cFill Up the Jails\u201d) on Feb. 16, 1960 at White Rock Baptist Church in Durham.<\/p>\n\n
Speaker: Ibram X. Kendi<\/h2>\n
NC State\u2019s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Campus Commemoration will bring National Book Award Winner Ibram X. Kendi to Stewart Theatre 1:30 \u2013 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 13, 2020<\/strong>.<\/b> The talk is open to students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\nKendi is professor and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University and a 2016 National Book Award Winner for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America<\/i>. His newest book, How to Be an Antiracist<\/i>, examines racial inequalities from many vantage points, including the personal, the social and the academic.\n\n \t
Gallery Presentation: Jason Miller<\/h2>\n
Jason Miller will present \u201cWhen MLK<\/span> and the KKK Met in Raleigh\u201d 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020<\/strong> in Witherspoon Cinema. A gallery opening and reception will follow in the African American Cultural Center Art Gallery on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center.<\/p>\nMiller is a professor of English at NC State and a 2019-20 scholar-in-residence in the African American Cultural Center. In his King\u2019s First Dream <\/i>project, Miller published the first known recording of King\u2019s 1962 speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in which he previewed some of the themes of the seminal 1963 \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech in Washington, D.C. The speech is now online at kingsfirstdream.com<\/a>.\n\n \t
Virtual MLK Experience at Hunt Library<\/h2>\n
On Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/strong> in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NC State researchers, led by Victoria Gallagher, will immerse community members in one of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s most iconic speeches. King delivered this speech (originally titled \u201cA Creative Protest\u201d but later referred to by King and others as \u201cFill Up the Jails\u201d) on Feb. 16, 1960 at White Rock Baptist Church in Durham.<\/p>\nThe Virtual MLK<\/span> (vMLK) event will take audiences back in time by leveraging the library\u2019s 270-degree visualization capabilities, allowing you to virtually walk around the historic sanctuary, hear a re-creation of King\u2019s speech and virtually sit with congregation members. Events at the Hunt Library will include a choral performance, family activities, guided tours and a community discussion on advocacy.\n\nJoin us for these exciting activities, tours and discussions. Experience the speech, reflect on King\u2019s words and celebrate<\/span> his legacy.\n\n \t