MLK Commemorative March

MLK Commemorative March
Monday, Jan. 16 9 a.m.
Beaumont Tower
375 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students, staff, faculty and community members will gather around Beaumont Tower to hear speeches from campus dignitaries and an excerpt from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech by a student from Robert L. GreenElementary who happens to be Green’s great great niece.

The March is collaboratively hosted by the MSU Zeta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., which marshals the event every year, and the MLK Student Committee.

According to Coles, the committee chose to host this year’s march at 9 a.m. so it would precede other events that day, such as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan’s annual luncheon at 11 a.m. They hope as many community members as possible, from all over the city, will attend the event.

Typically, the march leads around Circle Drive and back to Beaumont Tower. This year, however, the march will end at the proposed location for the MSU Multicultural Center (near the River Trail and Shaw Hall). Student leaders will speak about the future of the site and how it relates to King’s goals at the end of the event.