Photographs
Far left: Dorothy Allison (third from left) and students following Allison's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration keynote address. Photo by Joseph Mehling, College Photographer. Center: Members of AXIS Dance Company, a mixed-ability dance troupe, performing at the Hopkins Center as part of a Hopkins Center campus residency cosponsored by IDE. Photo by Jack Rowell. Right: Discussions at a Diversity Forum hosted by IDE. Photo by The Dartmouth.
Artwork
Detail from mural produced by Ernesto Cuevas and Dartmouth students as part of Encuentro Latino, a Summer Arts Festival coordinated by the Leslie Center for the Humanities.
Community Faith Celebration
3 pm, Rollins Chapel
This faith celebration, which honors the life and works of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., features an address by the Rev. Canon Henry L. Atkins Jr., D.Min.Father Atkins is Priest-in-Charge at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover. Active in the Civil Rights movement of the 60s, he also was an early leader of Clergy and Lay Concerned about Vietnam and a founding member of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of Nicaragua. He worked closely with the United Farm Workers Movement in the 70s and was a national leader in the Public Sanctuary Movement in the 80s. Father Atkins has served as a canon of the Episcopal Church in Costa Rica for the past twenty years and has been chairperson of the Episcopal Church’s National Commission on Racism.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dartmouth Speech: A Multimedia Presentation
Towards Freedom
9 am–3 pm, 105 Dartmouth Hall
In 105 Dartmouth Hall on the evening of May 23, 1962, an overflow audience of students and community members rose to their feet to welcome the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.His lecture on the state of the Civil Rights movement was the highlight of the year’s Great Issues course, then a core academic component for all graduating seniors. King’s words, their meaning, and the passion with which only he could deliver them profoundly influenced those who attended the evening lecture.
King’s speech was recorded on audiotape and is presented annually as a continuous multimedia production with images and video from the Civil Rights movement. This presentation, as well as additional information about King’s visit to Dartmouth, also is available on the web at www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk.
Community Lunch
Art and Social Change
noon, Collis Common Ground
Join poet and Montgomery Fellow Lucille Clifton, Hopkins Center Director Jeffrey James, media artist Liz Canner, and Hop visiting artist Jerry Quickley for a roundtable conversation about the ways in which art and activism intersect in their lives. A light lunch will be served.
Lucille Clifton is the author of numerous books of poetry, including a National Book Award winner and two Pulitzer Prize finalists. She has served as Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and as Maryland’s poet laureate. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary’s College.
Jeffrey James is the sixth director of the Hopkins Center. He previously served as Executive Director of the Cunningham Dance Foundation and founding president of the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture. He also has held senior positions at the California Institute for the Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York Philharmonic.
Liz Canner uses the power of art to inspire positive social change. She has won more than thirty-five awards and grants including a Radcliffe Institute fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship. Her work has been broadcast nationally on PBS and on cable and has been screened in museums and at film festivals around the world. Canner also will speak about her work on January 17: see below for details.
Jerry Quickley, an international hip-hop theater artist, bridges spoken word traditions with boundary-breaking performance poetry. His poetry has won three Los Angeles Grand Slam competitions and has been published widely. He is the radio host of “Beneath the Surface” and runs two spoken word series and a poetry workshop for incarcerated youth. Quickley also will perform on January 17; see below for details.
Martin Luther King Jr. Drop-In Play Group
3:30–5 pm, Cutter-Shabazz Hall
The Dartmouth Alliance for Children of Color presents an afternoon of fun for children of all ages. The play group’s activities will center around Martin Luther King Jr.–related themes, introducing children to the life of this great leader. All are welcome.
The Dartmouth Alliance for children of color, part of the Afro-American Society, is designed to promote positive cultural awareness and expression and to foster strong relationships between students of color at Dartmouth and Upper Valley minority children and their families.
Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Vigil
5 pm, gather at Cutter-Shabazz Hall, first floor
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. invites the community to meet at Cutter-Shabazz Hall and march across campus to pay homage to and to celebrate the life and contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The vigil will culminate in a multimedia presentation at the Top of the Hop. Hot beverages and cookies will be served.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. works to develop leaders, promote brotherhood and academic excellence, and provide service and advocacy for its communities. Among its goals are to prepare its members for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual and to aid down-trodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status.
Keynote Address by Harry Belafonte
The Journey: The Long Road to Freedom
7 pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
KEYNOTE TICKETS *TEMPORARILY* SOLD OUT
Tickets reserved only for Dartmouth ID holders are sold out.
A limited number of tickets for the general public will become available at 10 am, Thursday, January 11, at the Hopkins Center Box Office. These tickets are available to anyone, whether or not they are affiliated with Dartmouth.
Ticket-holders must be in their seats by 6:45 pm, after which we will release empty seats to people who do not have tickets.
Live remote viewing for this event will be available in 105 Dartmouth Hall.
Reception to follow at the Top of the Hop
* Free tickets available at the Hopkins Center Box office Jan. 9 & 10 for those with Dartmouth student, faculty, or staff I.D.; beginning Jan. 11 for the general public. Four-ticket limit per person. Ticket holders must be in their seats by 6:45 p.m., after which empty seats become available to the general public.
Legendary artist, activist, and humanitarian Harry Belafonte is known worldwide for his accomplishments as a recording artist, concert singer, actor, and producer. A driving force in the Civil Rights movement and close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr., he has throughout his career continued to be a global leader in the struggle for civil and human rights. “I came into the arts because I saw it as an instrument of purpose,” says Belafonte. “I had a mission to overthrow oppression. My weapon of choice was art because it is one of the most powerful weapons in the world. It is non-violent and it changes hearts, minds and souls.” See January 16 and 19 for related films.
