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ITHACA, NY — As 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Ithaca College Center for the Study of Class, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE) will host a yearlong series titled “Chaos or Community? MLK and the Politics of Resistance.” Borrowing its name from the title of a King book, the series will explore some of the themes he wrote about,...

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With a walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the Martin Luther King Jr. scholars relived the march of their ancestors.

More than 40 years earlier, on March 7, 1965, voting rights marchers were violently confronted by law enforcement officers on a day that became known as Bloody Sunday. The law enforcement personnel ...

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This Monday, April 28, the MLK Scholars will hold a photography exhibit featuring photos based on their experiences abroad.

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ITHACA, NY— The Prison Machine: Race, Torture, and the State series at Ithaca College will conclude on Wednesday, April 23, with a panel discussion on “Jails and Justice.” Free and open to the public, the program will take place at 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall.

The discussion will be led by Ithaca College MLK Scholars and moderated by Sean...

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Submitted on behalf of Bill Sheasgreen, director of the Ithaca College London Center.

At the invitation of Westminster Abbey, Maxwell Lawrence, an MLK Scholar in theatre arts who is currently studying at the London Center, attended the abbey's celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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