Past Speakers
January 16, 2012
Ben Carson
January 17, 2011
Tavis Smiley
January 18, 2010
Ramsey Lewis
January 19, 2009
January 21, 2008
January 15, 2007
January 16, 2006
January 17, 2005
January 19, 2004
View the complete event of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance from Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, featuring performances by the Northwestern Community Ensemble and the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, and the Keynote Speech by Anna Deavere Smith. (RealPlayer 1:35:00)
January 20, 2003
View the complete event of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance from Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, featuring performances by the Northwestern Community Ensemble and the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, reading by Shayla Reaves, and the Keynote Speech by Dr. Cornel West. (RealPlayer 1:35:00)
View Dr. Cornel West's Keynote Speech (RealPlayer 35:00)
January 21, 2002
View the address by Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles, pastor of the Monumental Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee; remarks by NU President Henry Bienen; Phillip L. Harris, Chair, Student Affairs Committee, NU Board of Trustees; Evanston Mayor Lorraine Morton; and performances by Kevin Maynor and the Northwestern Community Ensemble. (RealPlayer 1:35:00)
January 15, 2001
View the speech by Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. (RealPlayer 51:04)
Listen to the speech by Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. (RealPlayer audio only 51:04)