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A Decade Celebrating
Martin Luther King Day
This year marked the 10th consecutive January the Academy has observed
the Martin Luther King holiday with a special day of workshops and
events. Although the event rarely, if ever, coincides with the actual
holiday, it has earned a place of honor on the school’s academic
calendar. Over the years, the program has grown in both scale and
scope. What began in 1990 as a series of special lectures, performances,
and films has become a day-long program of more than 20 different
workshops on subjects which touch on aspects of civil and human rights
as they relate to people of all ethnic backgrounds and orientations.
Planning the day calls on the concerted effort of a large number of
people in the Academy community, but for the members of the MLK Committee—many
of whom have served year after year—it is a true labor of love.
1999 MLK
Committee Members
Adeline Aquilino, chair
Nadine Abraham-Thompson
Harold Brown
Ruth Farmer
Barbara James
William Jordan
Joyce Kemp
Joanne Lembo
Sarah Ream
Robert Richards
David Weber
Russell Willis
Alexanderia Baker ’99
Wendy Caceres ’99
Alison Dalton ’99
Chinita Gleaton-Boston ’99
Colby Gottert ’9
Benjamin Greene ’00
Rajib Guha ’99
Maribel Hernandez ’00
Sarah Hoffman ’99
Lisa Kai ’99
Kristen Mercado ’00
Sohaib Mohuiddin ’99
Adeyinka Oyesile ’99
Olufemi Paris ’00
Jacques Pouhe ’99
Vishrani Prag ’00
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“I have the
audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have .Ê.Ê.
dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” ÐMLK
“Injustice anywhere
is a threat to justice everywhere.” ÐMLK
“We are caught in
an inescapable network of mutuality; tied in a single garment
of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
ÐMLK
“I believe that unarmed
truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
ÐMLK
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Ten Years of Keynote Speakers
1990—Terry Lenzner ’57
Former trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
1991—James Farmer
Founder of CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality)
1992—Samuel Proctor
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University
1993—Julian Bond
Civil rights activist, former Georgia state senator, lecturer
1994—Yolanda King
Actress, producer/ director, civil rights activist, lecturer
1995—ASE Drumming Circle
1996—Chai Ling
Spokeswoman for the Chinese Democracy Movement and commander-in-chief
at Tiananmen Square
1997—Sonia Sanchez
Poet and English professor at Temple University
1998—Vincent Harding
Professor of religion and social transformation, The Iliff School
of Theology
1999—Randall Kennedy
Professor of law, Harvard University
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