Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
The University of West Georgia presents the 11th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Program Celebration. This week we take time to honor the great civil rights activist and leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Each day of the week is a different event to commemorate the great work of Dr. King. The theme is "Leaving a Legacy." These events are free and open to all. See the events below.
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11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Interfaith Luncheon Featuring Dr. Robert Michael Franklin at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in the Campus Center Ballroom
Join us as Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, Jr. leads the 11th annual Interfaith Luncheon.
Please RSVP before the luncheon, as seats are limited.
Dr. Franklin is the James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Emory University in Atlanta and served as Director of the Religion Department at the Chautauqua Institution from January 2012 through August 2017. In 2014, he served as Senior Adviser for Community and Diversity, Emory University. In 2013, he was a Visiting Scholar in Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. He is president emeritus of Morehouse College, where he served as the tenth president of the nation’s largest private, four-year liberal arts college for men from 2007 through 2012.
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Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice Visit
Get on the Bus! Join us on a day-long field trip to the heart of downtown Montgomery, Alabama, to visit the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The buses will leave the Campus Center parking lot at 9:00 am and return at 5:00 pm. Students can get a letter for professors explaining the value of this high impact activity. Contact lwillox@westga.edu or mhester@westga.edu for details. Please RSVP to the event, as seats are limited.
The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is situated on a site in Montgomery where enslaved people were once warehoused. A
block from one of the most prominent slave auction spaces in America, the Legacy Museum
is steps away from an Alabama dock and rail station where tens of thousands of black
people were trafficked during the 19th century.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened to the public on April 26, 2018, is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with contemporary presumptions of guilt and police violence.