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MLK Celebration 2009

Speakers pledge to carry on King's dream

Stephanie Schorow, MIT News Office February 6, 2009

In an emphatic keynote address at MIT's 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration on Feb. 5, educator and humanitarian Johnnetta Cole urged all members of the MIT community to take responsibility for achieving a diverse and inclusive campus.

"It's in your hands," Cole, the first African-American woman to serve as president of Spelman College, told a packed Morss Hall.

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MLK Breakfast 2009: Musical Selection, Welcome and Invocation

MLK Breakfast 2009: Musical Selecti...

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Musical Selection performed by the MIT Gospel Choir Welcome given by Ana Lorena Ramos Maltes '09 Invocation given by Reverend John Wuestneck

MLK Breakfast 2009: Musical Selection

MLK Breakfast 2009: Musical Selection

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Musical Selection "Where do we go from here?" performed by 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. IAP Design Seminar

MLK Breakfast 2009: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Dr. King

MLK Breakfast 2009: Reflections on ...

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Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Dr. King Given by Matt Gethers '09 and Joy Johnson 'G

MLK Breakfast 2009: Recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Awards

MLK Breakfast 2009: Recognition of ...

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Recognition of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Awards Presented by Chancellor Phillip Clay

MLK Breakfast 2009: Special Selection

MLK Breakfast 2009: Special Selection

Added 9 months ago | 00:05:21 | 381 views

Special Selection performed by Hiram Ettienne

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