Martin Luther King Jr.

March 1, 2022

One momentous week

In the span of seven days in November 1961, civil-rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy spoke on campus.


June 1, 2000

King for a day

Martin Luther King Jr.'s lunchtime speech at the old Meany Hall on Nov. 9, 1961, came during the legendary civil rights leader's only visit to the Pacific Northwest.