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MLK’s Role in Time of Crisis to be Discussed at Lecture

Release Date:
January 12, 2010
Contact:
Paula Witherell,
716-926-8792 or 716-472-1830 (cell)

HAMBURG, N.Y. – A presentation on “The Four Faces of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” which will look at the distinct roles the famed civil rights leader employed to confront political and personal crises, will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Jan. 21 in Hilbert College’s Palisano Lecture Room in Bogel Hall.

Dr. Seneca Vaught, assistant professor of history and coordinator of Africana studies at Niagara University, will also discuss the continuing significance of King’s influence and legacy more than four decades after his death.
 
Sponsored by the Hilbert Office of Multicultural Affairs, the presentation is free and open to the public.
 
More information is available by contacting Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah, director of multicultural affairs, at 926-8835 or e-mail tjabbaar-gyambrah@hilbert.edu.
 

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. Hilbert’s personal approach to learning combines liberal arts with an outstanding professionally-focused education that’s taught by professors who bring a depth of real-world experience to the classroom. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities.