Campus MLK Commemoration Set for Jan. 16

North Carolina State University's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration will be held Wednesday, Jan. 16. The campus commemoration will take place at noon in Stewart Theatre and will feature Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins, professor of theology at the University of Chicago's Divinity School. Dr. Hopkins, whose work focuses on the ties between religion and poverty, will give the keynote address, titled, "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and His Legacy."

At 4:30 p.m., faculty, staff, students and the public are encouraged to gather at the Belltower for a moment of silence followed by a silent march from the Belltower to the African-American Cultural Center.

A short program will follow the march. Featured speakers will include James Hankins of Wilmington, N.C., author of "What We Blacks Need to Do," and Rashad Hurst, a ninth-grade student at Hoke County High in Raeford, N.C., who received the President's Award for Education Excellence and the Merit Achievement Award for excellence in algebra. Hurst will perform King's signature "I Have a Dream" speech.

Both events are free and open to the public. Stewart Theatre is located in the Talley Student Center on campus. The African-American Cultural Center is located in the Witherspoon Student Center on campus at the corner of Cates Avenue and Dan Allen Drive.