2005 31st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

MIT home page, February 3, 2005

Theme

Justice and Equality for All: America’s Moral Dilemma

Keynote

Gwen Ifill
Moderator and Managing Editor, Washington Week, National Public Radio

MLK Leadership Awardees

James L. Sherley
Associate Professor, Biological Engineering. MIT

R. Erich Caulfield SM ’01
PhD ’06, EECS, MIT

James Banks ’76
Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair, Diversity Studies Emeritus, University of Washington
Founding Director, Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington

Quote

“America and the world have benefited enormously from MIT’s willingness, during and after the Second World War, to hire teachers and scholars from many nations and from groups that had been denied full membership in a restrictive academy. As we look to the future, we need to keep the lesson of that history in mind.”

Susan Hockfield, MIT President (2004-2012) at the 31st Annual MLK Celebration

Video

Press

MIT News Office

Week of cultural celebration planned for MIT
March 2, 2005

Students put together program for Black history month
February 16, 2005

Search for truth and justice continues, Ifill says
February 7, 2005

Hockfield urges MIT to be welcoming and supportive
February 7, 2005

Three receive MLK Leadership Awards
February 7, 2005

Gwen Ifill, PBS political reporter, will speak at MLK breakfast
January 12, 2005

Race is a campus issue that needs airing, panel says
November 29, 2004