Friday, Jan. 12-Friday, Jan. 19
Book Display
 
Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-1 a.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 a.m.
Display of books related to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Middlebury College Library Lobby, located on Storrs Avenue off South Main Street (Route 30)

Middlebury College Events
in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Friday, Jan. 12-Friday, Jan. 19
Book Display
 
Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-1 a.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 a.m.
Display of books related to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Middlebury College Library Lobby, located on Storrs Avenue off South Main Street (Route 30)

Monday, Jan. 15
12:15 p.m.  ”Remembrance and Reflection”
Tribute to King featuring a talk by Middlebury College Dean for Institutional Diversity Shirley Ramirez; remarks by Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas; excerpts from King’s speeches read by students; and music by Middlebury College Alexander Twilight Artist-in-Residence François Clemmons. Reception to follow.
Tribute: Mead Chapel, located on Hepburn Road off College Street (Route 125)
Reception: Social Space, McCullough Student Center, located on Old Chapel Road off College Street (Route 125)
 
7 p.m. Concert and Readings: “Let Freedom Sing! A Celebration of the American Negro Spiritual and the Life and Words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
A program directed and adapted by Mike Kiernan combines a dramatic reading of King’s speeches by actor Esau Pritchett with solos and choir music directed by Middlebury College Alexander Twilight Artist-In-Residence François Clemmons. Mark Nash, Artistic Director of Vermont Stage Company, will read the words of Mahatma Gandhi. A choir of local residents and college faculty, staff and students, will perform authentic American Negro spirituals.  
Mead Chapel, located on Hepburn Road off College Street (Route 125)

All events are free and open to the public.  For more information, contact Jennifer Herrera in the Middlebury College Office for Institutional Diversity at 802-443-5743.