WSU to hold Martin Luther King Celebration

Winona State University celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with “Building a Civil Rights Movement for the New Millennium” Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m., in the East Hall, Kryzsko Commons.

The event features activist and speaker Reverend C.T. Vivian lecturing on issues of civil rights, non-violence, racism and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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In 1947 Vivian, a Baptist minister, began his use of non-violent direction action, working to end segregated lunch counters in Peoria, Ill. Later he founded the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference, organizing the first sit-ins there in 1960 and the first civil rights march in 1961. He also rode the first ever “Freedom Bus” into Jackson, Miss., worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was included among his executive staff.

The event is co-sponsored by Southeast Technical College, WSU Inclusion and Diversity Office and Minneapolis Community & Technical College. For more information, e-mail Alex Hines at: AHines@winona.edu.