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Online remembrance honors King’s life and legacy with conversation, inspiration The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration on Jan. 15, 2021, featured "Project 1972: A Conversation with our Elders," a panel discussion with Penn Staters who shared their experiences as Black students at the University in 1968-72. Clockwise from top left are: Denita Wright Watson, Barry Reddish, Monte Dawson, Earl Frank Merritt, Gary Abdullah, Selma Harrison and AnneMarie Mingo. Image: Patrick Mansell 46th Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration offers chance to reflect, respect, learn January 17, 2021 UNI...

This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration, hosted by Penn State’s Forum on Black Affairs, will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 15 via Zoom. In past years, Penn Staters and community members gathered together in person to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but due to the coronavirus pandemic, FoBA needed to make a change. “This year, due to the global pandemic, we will not be able to gather in person, so we have partnered with our colleagues from Penn State World Campus Student Affairs to virtually commemorate Dr. King’s legacy...