Activity
Time:
MLK Commemorative Celebration
Date:
6:00 pm
Nebraska Union
1400 R St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: NU
Contact:
MLK Planning Committee, mlkweek@unl.edu
You are invited to attend the MLK Commemoration Celebration on Wednesday, January 25. This year’s program will feature a keynote address from Tommie Smith and the awarding of the annual Chancellor’s “Fulfilling the Dream” Award. Dinner will be served.
Tommie Smith is a world record breaking gold medal Olympian and civil rights icon. During the 1868 summer Olympics, Tommie Smith broke the world and Olympic record with a time of 19.83 seconds and became the 200-meter Olympic champion. As the Star-Spangled Banner played in the wind at the Mexico City ceremonies, Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood on the victory podium, draped with their Olympic medals, each raised a clinched fist covered in a black leather glove in a historic stand for black power, liberation and solidarity. This courageous, unexpected worldwide event propelled Tommie Smith into the spotlight as a human rights spokesperson, activist, and symbol of African American pride at home and abroad. Tommie Smith has made a commitment to dedicate his life, even at great personal risk to champion the cause of oppressed people.
Individual tickets and table purchases can now be made at go.unl.edu/mlk23
Learn more by clicking the link below:
Tommie Smith is a world record breaking gold medal Olympian and civil rights icon. During the 1868 summer Olympics, Tommie Smith broke the world and Olympic record with a time of 19.83 seconds and became the 200-meter Olympic champion. As the Star-Spangled Banner played in the wind at the Mexico City ceremonies, Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood on the victory podium, draped with their Olympic medals, each raised a clinched fist covered in a black leather glove in a historic stand for black power, liberation and solidarity. This courageous, unexpected worldwide event propelled Tommie Smith into the spotlight as a human rights spokesperson, activist, and symbol of African American pride at home and abroad. Tommie Smith has made a commitment to dedicate his life, even at great personal risk to champion the cause of oppressed people.
Individual tickets and table purchases can now be made at go.unl.edu/mlk23
Learn more by clicking the link below:
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This event originated in Martin Luther King, Jr. Week.