January 21, 2008
OVERVIEW
In recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the University has assembled a variety of programs to cause reflection on the life and legacy of Dr. King. The offerings include lectures, service opportunities, discussions, films, music and theater. Highlights of the program included keynote addresses by former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman and civil rights attorney and activist Eva Jefferson Paterson (WCAS71), President and Founder of the Equal Justice Society on the Evanston campus. The Chicago campus will feature an address by Theodore M. Shaw, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation's premier civil rights law firm.
The two Evanston campus addresses bracket the days activities - with Herman speaking at the 11am observance at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 arts Circle Drive, and Paterson speaking at the evening observance (7pm) - the Alpha Phi Alpha Candlelight Vigil at Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road. Mr. Shaw's address will be part of the noon-time observance in Thorne Auditorium, of the Rubloff building, 375 East Chicago Ave., Chicago
Both observances included music and performance from Northwestern student groups.
CLASS CANCELLATIONS
Northwestern has suspended classes on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, on both campuses for a University-wide, full "day-on" observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The celebration is not a University holiday, so all other University operations function as normal.
