UHart will commemorate the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther 王 Jr. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at 12:45 p.m. in Lincoln Theater. The 2024 theme is “Love: Hate Is Too Great A Burden to Bear.” The observance will include the presentation of the 2024 MLK Beloved 社区 Awards.
The annual observance provides an opportunity for our community to pause and reflect on the work and impact of Dr. 王, while recommitting to the goal of showing empathy, 尊重, and understanding toward one another in an effort to make the world a better place.
The annual MLK observance program is free and open to the public. View the program below.
Love: Hate Is Too Great a Burden To Bear
前奏
“荣耀”
Performed by Common & John Legend (Music from CD)
欢迎
Maliqa Mosley-Williams ’23 M ‘24, Marketing with Management Minor, MBA with Business Analytics
Kiara Opoku ’24 M ‘25, Finance with Business analytics and Managerial Economics, MBA with Marketing
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
James Weldon Johnson
Performed by Lynnae Labato ‘25, Dual Major Vocal Performance and Music Education
Jeremy Davis '25, Music Composition Major
讲话
Stephen Mulready M’77, Acting President, University of Hartford
视频立博网站中文版
Kristen Harris A ’00, ’02, President, University of Hartford 校友 Board
University of Hartford Magnet School
Original Monologues performed by 5th graders
- Lukah Hong - Mr. Barrieau's Class
- Celess Simms - Mrs. Desrosiers's Class
- Liam Lumpkin - Ms. Pizzoferrato's Class
Hartt Theatre Ensemble
"Strange Fruit"
Written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie Holiday
Talese Brown’27, Music Theatre
Mikakla Phillips ‘27, Music Theatre
Keynote Address
The Honorable 理查德的. 罗宾逊, Chief Justice, 康涅狄格 Supreme Court
2024 MLK Beloved 社区 Awards
Presented by Captain Michael Davis, P’24 ‘27
Christine Grant, M’99, Assistant Vice President, for 多样性, Equity, and 社区 Engagement
Llonia Rojan Jackson, ’94, P’26, Director, Cultural 多样性 and Belonging
Poetry Performance
“爱”
Written and performed by Kiara Opoku
A Charge to the 社区!
Julian Spivey ‘24, Finance
2024 MLK Keynote Speaker: The Honorable 理查德的. 罗宾逊
理查德的. 罗宾逊 is the first African American Chief Justice of the 康涅狄格 Supreme Court. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of 康涅狄格 in 1979 and a Juris Doctor degree from West Virginia University School of Law in 1984. He was admitted to the West Virginia Bar and the 康涅狄格 Bar, and is a member of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia and the U.S. District Court, 康涅狄格. Justice 罗宾逊 was appointed as a Judge of the 康涅狄格 Appellate Court on December 10, 2007; a Justice of the Supreme Court on December 19, 2013; and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on May 3, 2018. His career is complemented by an array of public and judicial service, ranging from his time as the president of the Stamford Branch of the NAACP (1988–90) to his current appointment. 阅读更多.
立博体育官网博士. 王
Dr. Martin Luther 王, a Baptist minister, 学者, and civil rights activist, was an iconic and impactful leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Atlanta, 乔治亚州, he non-violently fought for racial and economic equality and justice until his assassination in 1968.
王 and others were the organizers of high-profile American events such as the Montgomery bus boycott, the march from Selma to Montgomery, and the 1963 March on Washington where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. These events and others resulted in the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. 王 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
康涅狄格, 后来, the University of Hartford played roles in 王’s fight for equality and justice. When he was 15 years old, he came to Simsbury, Conn. to pick tobacco and, for the first time, experienced life without segregation. In his autobiography, he wrote: “After that summer in 康涅狄格, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation. It was hard to understand…”
In 1959, after the Montgomery bus boycott ended and, during nonviolent protests against segregation organized by 王 and others in southern states, the University of Hartford invited him to deliver its Alexander S. Keller Memorial Fund Lecture at Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford. 王’s speech “The Future of Integration,” was not without controversy as he urged attendees to not turn a blind eye to the treatment of their fellow Americans.
As heard on a recording of the 1959 speech, 王 tells the Hartford audience, “…What we need (is) a committed liberalism - one where individuals stand up on basic principles and give themselves to the right side of this issue realizing that right is right and wrong is wrong and never the twain shall meet. This is something we must do."
Many renowned civil rights events followed 王’s speech in Hartford including non-violent lunch counter sit-ins, school desegregation cases, freedom riders who took bus trips to the south to protest segregated restrooms and lunch counters, the March on Washington, and the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 1964年7月, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law with 王 in attendance.
王’s speech and all Keller Lectures letters, 备忘录, 项目, 立博网站中文版稿, newspaper clippings, 成绩单, 和录音, 包括问&A sessions, are digitized and available for researcher use in the University’s Harrison Libraries.
Dr. 国王的遗孀, Coretta Scott 王, who devoted her life to furthering her husband’s goals, also came to UHart to deliver a guest lecture in 1978.
Dr. Martin Luther 王 Jr., (1929–1968)There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, 也没有政治, 也不受欢迎, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
Join us in February to Celebrate Black 历史 Month
| 程序 | 日期/时间 | 位置 |
|---|---|---|
| Annual MLK 程序 | Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 12:45 p.m. | Lincoln Theater |
| “Love: Hate is Too Great a Burden to Bear” - A Conversation with Religious Life Leaders | Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - 12:45 p.m. | 肖中心 |
| Some Blues, Some Jazz and Soul Food – the Cookout Edition | Friday, February 9, 2024 - 6 p.m. | Konover Great Room |
| The Divine Nine with the Hartford Hawks - Double Header Men’s and Women’s Basketball | Saturday, February 10, 2024 – 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. ($35)
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体育中心 |
| 陷阱 & 油漆 | Saturday, February 10, 2024 - 8 p.m. | Konover Great Room |
| “Love: Hate is Too Great a Burden to Bear” - Student Panel: Love Should not Hurt – A Conversation on Dating and Domestic Violence | Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 12:45 p.m. | 肖中心 |
| Curt Flood’s Challenge to Baseball’s Reserve Clause | Wednesdays, February 21 and 28, 12:30 p.m. | Harry Jack Gray Center (UHart 教师/staff/students wanting to attend for free in honor of Black 历史 Month, contact Laurie Fasciano at fasciano@chinaqinyu.com to register). |
| Affinity of Color Luncheon |
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 12:45 p.m. | Commons Private 餐厅 Room |
| Black Student Union Fashion Show: “Memorable Milestones" | Saturday, February 24, 2024 - 5 - 9:30 p.m. | Lincoln Theater (all proceeds benefit the BSU Book Fund) |
| “Love: Hate is too great a Burden to Bear” - A Peace Vigil |
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 4 pm. | Gengras Student Union Lawn (Hawk Lounge inclement weather option) |
| Black Student Union: Blazing Trails for 60 Years | Friday, April 26-28, 2004 |
Information coming soon |
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